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From: ee_tw@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Whitlock)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Home Automation Interest?
Summary: Philips DDB in Home Automation
Keywords: home automation, X-10, home-bus, integration
Message-ID: <2092@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Jan 88 08:16:39 GMT
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Reply-To: ee_tw@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Whitlock)
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 Over the past few weeks there have been a number of comments about Philips
Digital Data Bus system. For those who want to know more about it is detailed
in the Microcontroller Handbook that Philips Publish. 
 In the UK its is being used as part of a Home Automation Demonstration 
being developed by Mullards. This includes ddb along optical fibres, the
control of Door cameras tv washing machine lights etc. Last I heard it was being upgraded to use the new DDB chipsets that Philips plan to market. Previously
it used development samples and 8048 simulations to drive the bus and protocol.
 If people are interested I may be able to find out more.
	Tim


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