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Final demonstration Thuis

The challenge deadline is almost there, so it’s time for a final demonstration! In this last post I’ll show you the results of my work in a video and then describe what I did and what I’m planning to improve in the

Robin Eggenkamp August 30, 2016 Design Challenge No Comments Read more

Home Theater part 3: Plex playback controls

Plex is software which makes it possible to enjoy all of your media on all your devices. When on the server you create a library based on video (and music, photos, etc) files, Plex finds the corresponding metadata and gives you an

Robin Eggenkamp August 29, 2016 Home Cinema No Comments Read more

Home Theater part 2: controls

In Final implementation UI design you saw our Thuis iOS app, which has a few buttons for controlling the Home Theater. In this post we’ll make sure they work well. For brevity I will describe only the main scene: it makes sure we can

Robin Eggenkamp August 29, 2016August 29, 2016 Home Cinema No Comments Read more

Home Theater part 1: CEC

An important part of Thuis is integration of our Home Theater system. As the integration is quite extensive and consists of several components, this will be a 3-part blog series. In the first part we start with communicating to CEC-enabled devices from

Robin Eggenkamp August 28, 2016August 28, 2016 Home Cinema No Comments Read more

Installing a Z-Wave dimmer

One thing I forgot to show you earlier is how to install Z-Wave devices into your house. In this post I’ll install a dimmer module in the bedroom, which will be part of the wake up light. Materials used The

Robin Eggenkamp August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 Z-Wave No Comments Read more
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