Electronics

• 8051
• 8051 Infrared Codes and Remote Control
  If you have have ever wanted to control your 8051 based project with IR, then check this guide out.

Insteon

• General
• Insteon Overview
  This is a brief overview of what Insteon is, and why we chose it for our home automation hacking.
• Other Insteon Homebrew Sites
  This is a short list of the other Insteon Homebrew sites that we have found to be helpful on the web.
• Hardware
• What is Inside an Icon On-Off Module
  In this guide we take apart an Icon On-Off module to show you the parts on the inside, and identify the major components.
• Insteon CPU Details
  Get a little info about the microprocessor inside of an Insteon module.
• Insteon CPU Traces
  Detailed photos of the Insteon mainboard so that you can see the traces for yourself.
• Insteon J5 Header Pinout
  This is our best guess as to what the J5 header is for in an Insteon Icon On-Off module.
• Paritial Schematic of Insteon Icon On-Off Module
  We worked out some of the details behind the circuit in an Icon On-Off module, and have documented them here for you.
• How to Control Outdoor Low Voltage Lighting with Insteon
  This guide shows you how to control your outdoor, low voltage lighting with Insteon using a converter and a weather proof box.
• Software
• Intro to Insteon Programming
  This is guide explains what you need to get started writing software for Insteon devices.
• Adding Insteon Support to Visual Basic 6
  Use this guide to learn how to add support to Visual Basic 6 for Insteon.
• Turn Insteon Devices On and Off with Visual Basic 6
  Now that you have Insteon support in Visual Basic, you can easily turn devices on and off.
• Poll Insteon Devices with Visual Basic 6
  This guide shows you how to request a status update from and Insteon device using Visual Basic 6.
• Set Insteon Timers with Visual Basic 6
  This guide shows you how to request a status update from and Insteon device using Visual Basic 6.
• Display all Insteon Events with Visual Basic 6
  This guide shows you how to request a status update from and Insteon device using Visual Basic 6.
• Insteon Timer Configs
  Insteon Timer Configs is our free, open source project that shows you how to maintain timers in your Insteon PLC using Visual Basic.
• Insteon Device Manager Commands
  This is a nice summary of all of the Insteon Device Manager commands.