In smart home automation field, burglar alarm products become the early home consumer products, occupying a large market share, however as it has its own disadvantages, now many products are going through significant change, including front-end security sensors.

The alarm monitoring market is no longer dominated by traditional monitoring service companies. Thanks for the rapid development of smartphone technology, a huge amount of startup companies spring up and release new burglar alarm products that fully support Android and iPhone. Meanwhile, some conventional security companies are striving to catch up. 

IP cameras feature home automation function becomes the new trend in today’s video surveillance industry. Last year, the Starvedia (Lorex® OEM manufacturer) launched HD IP camera leverages Z-Wave module to achieve home automation integration. Here, we introduce you the Grain Media SoC + High-flying wireless modules home automation solution.

ZigBee is one of well-known smart home automation protocols that widely used in today’s smart devices. Texas Instrument, Freescal, ATMEL are three major ZigBee solution providers, however today we plan to introduce you the NXP ZigBee solution. NXP JN5168 is NXP’s first industrial grade ZigBee RF chip, NXP RF department (formerly Jennic) developed the world first 2.4GHz RF solution and supporting IEEE802.15.4

Smart home devices become very popular in today’s security industry. Recently, ASMAG magazine published an article to declare that smart home is replacing traditional residential alarm systems. The article explains that the increased popularity of devices like smartphones and affordability are helping “connected” and “smart home” security devices replace traditional residential security.

Securifi announced the integration of Almond+ and Almond 2015 with the Nest Thermostat and Nest Protect, creating the ultimate experience in smart home automation. Almond users can now get smarter with the addition of WiFi presence sensors, local controls, and one-touch controls for screen settings.

"The average consumer is often intimidated by routers, the technology and the setup process so we wanted to provide a product that would be beautifully designed and simple to use," said Rammohan Malasani, CEO, Securifi. "With intuitive, easy to use interface, Almond makes it simple for users to integrate all of their connected devices."

Considering to buy a smart plug for remote controlling? The smart home automation magazine - SMAHome listed the latest smart plugs across different manufacturers on its July issue magazine. Whatever you want to use smart plugs to control home appliances or just play with it for fun, you may find a suitable smart plug for your specific application.

Smart home and IoT are changing our life, they make our life easier and smarter. As the rising of these new industries, market now is demanding higher solution on wireless transmission technology such as WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee etc. Since ultra low power consumption, easy connection, the Bluetooth technology owns some exclusive advantages, especially to the Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, which allows you to establish an easy to use wireless link between devices and any compatible iOS or Android device. 

Introducing you the ASKEY QBee, which is a home gateway that integrated with ZigBee, Z-Wave, DECT-ULE, Bluetooth and AllJoyn technologies. ASKEY QBee system is based on Android system, user can install any kinds of Apps and access the content you want. Additionally, QBee offers simple, and secure personal cloud solution, store your contents on the built-in hard drive or any USB hard drive that you connect to QBee Gateway. Furthermore, the system can offer a complete home automation solution through utilizing a wide range of ZigBee, Z-Wave devices.

Traditional analog system moves to smart IP system, meanwhile home alarm system starts to integrate with smartphone applications, also extends its functionality to smart home automation. Industry standards can accelerate the technology development, based on mature technology standards, security manufacturers and new startup enterprises can develop innovative products with specific features into market. In security industry, DECT-ULE, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave are primary standards. Today, consumers can find diversity smart home automation devices which adopt one of these protocols.

Smart home automation industrial chain includes protocol providers, IC chip manufacturers, solution providers and product manufacturers. Here we start from the home automation protocols to discuss. The main smart home protocols including WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave.  

Internet of Things (IoT) is the main trend in today's home electronics market, Z-Wave & ZigBee smart home automation, smart alarm system, remote energy management, even healthcare are the important market segments we currently know for Internet of Things. Develco Products, used to be a consulting company in Denmark, recently the company released Squid.link gateway, which is an all-in-one gateway that integrated with WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Wireless M-Bus main stream smart home automation platforms.

Quing is the top home security brand in Switzerland, it belongs to Swisscom. Quing home starter kit includes all the equipment you need to make your home more comfortable, safer and more efficient. The starter kit includes Quing home panel (touch screen design), remote control, HD camera, window/door sensor, PIR motion sensor, 2 smart plugs, Quing home router. Target to European market, the Quing system supports English, German, French, Italian languages. Users can order this system from Swisscom Quing official website at 660 Euro per set.

Introducing you the smart door locks supporting standard ZigBee 3.0 communication protocol, it can be integrated with your new or existing home automation system. The smart door locks can work with your ZigBee gateway to be included in ZigBee network. Users are able to control smart locks locally and remotely. In addition to remote lock/unlock, they support fingerprint, password, Mifare cards, detached rechargeable battery to support hassless installation.

When we shop electronics, we are prone to choosing smart devices that support wireless technology, and can be easily controlled or accessed by smartphone. Nowadays more and more devices begin to use the wireless protocols to communicate each other, compared with hardwired communication, the wireless can provide many advantages, it seems the weakness of today's wireless technology has been resolved almost completely. Many companies have to decide which protocol to use for their new smart devices at the beginning of product design, is WiFi or ZigBee, or the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)? Some even consider to use their own private technology or the conventional 433/868MHz RF protocol. Companies take many factors into account including cost, power consumption, wireless range and interoperability and more.

Develco Products has recently launched yet another product in its sensor portfolio – the Heat Alarm. The Heat Alarm is superior to traditional optical smoke sensors which may cause false detections in smoky, dusty, or humid environments, such as kitchens, rooms heated by wooden stove burners, garages as well as in washing and drying area.

The Heat Alarm has been designed to complement the existing portfolio developed by Develco Products and has multiple uses. The Heat Alarm will play a role in defining intelligent building automation due to its superiority when it comes to preventing false alarm and as it can be monitored via a smart home solution.

• Fire sensor
• Temperature sensor
• ZigBee HA 1.2 certified

Water damage is one of the most frequent and expensive insurance claims. This new, elegantly designed Flood Alarm by Develco Products has been designed to detect early leakage. It means clients who have a flood alarm installed can receive an early warning that a water pipe has a minor leakage, thus preventing major damage if left unrepaired. In short, the early prevention of damages caused by water will be a key factor in cutting costs for insurance companies in the future.

The Flood Alarm works equally well in in private homes as in commercial building equipped with building automation. It also functions excellently for the monitoring of camping trailers, caravans, garages and humid environments.

• Flood sensor
• Temperature sensor
• ZigBee HA 1.2 compliant

"Connect your home to Zigbee Home Automation World" - Climax is proud to release smart scenario switch for ZigBee home automation system. This new ZigBee One-button scenario switch comes with two models; WSS-1A-ZBS for North American decorator-style rocker switch and WSS-1E-ZBS European-style rocker switch.