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From: chip@hare.ingr.com (Chip Boling)
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Subject: Re: CEBus?
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Date: 1 Aug 90 14:49:33 GMT
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In article <90212.090656J0S@psuvm.psu.edu>, J0S@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
|> I recently saw an Ad. for a book claiming to describe the installation of
|> the CEBus in a house (price: $149.00!!).  What is the CEBus?  Where can
|> I obtain detailed information at a reasonable price?

CEBus is the U.S. Consumer Electronics bus for the home.  It is a SLOWLY
evolving
standard for using home wiring for communications between appliances, security,
computers, sensors, ... in a persons home.  Their are seperate physical
standards
being developed for twisted-pair, coaxial (cable), fiber (big bucks ;-)), and
power-line (AC wiring).  Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar magazine (around Nov-89 to
Jan-90) had a fairly good article on it and what it is attempting to provide.

I've been scanning this and a few other consumer newsgroups for more
information
on actual equipment, but have not seen any so far.  I know that there are some
"MAC" level chips available on the market from TI (and some partner I cannot
recall right now), but these were being produced before the MAC and
other layers
were standardized.  I seem to recall that they were hoping for a
complete standard, with the exeption of the fiber interface, sometime
around this summer.


If anyone else has more info on available devices/experimenter's kits, I'd like
to know also...

As to the price of $149.00 for a book, it sure had better some hardware with it
as the standards can be obtained for much less.

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