XOUT and HPWM

[dhouston]

Dave, thanks for the inputs. I could not have designed the actual hardware interface to the mains without your invaluable pointers to powerline carrier articles.

Are you suggesting that X10 signals would be better generated in PBP without using the XOUT macro? My X10 transmitter is a very basic one, so the micro dim/brights are not an issue.

I would have loved to have some extended commands though.

Anand,

There may soon be another possibility. SmartLabs tells me they will release their powerline chips this month. They will cost less than $2 even in single quantities and can do both X-10 and Insteon.

[ardhuru]

Hi Dave,

that sounds like a very useful product indeed; almost like a TW523-in-a-chip solutoin. I would look forward to its release.

In the mean time, my home brew circuit with off the shelf part also seems to be holding its own. In fact, the transformer I used (one from the set used in AM radios), gives out a signal 2 to 3 times in amplitude as the one from the RR501/TM751.

Regards,

Anand