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13 security and safety multi-functional sensors

Source: Weili Lin
Date: 2015/10/06
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Home security and safety sensors are getting smarter with more and more integrated functions, for higher sensitivity and detection accuracy. We collect 13 multi-functional environmental sensors on our September issue, and showcase the smart gadgets here for you to take a look first.

Aeon Labs MultiSensor 6

• Sensors: motion, temperature, light, humidity, vibration, UV

• Communication protocol: Z-Wave

• Powered by Z-Wave gen 500 series chip

• Communicates with other Z-Wave devices up to 150 meters/492 feet away

• Includes 6 sensors: motion sensor, temperature sensor (-10 to 50°C), light sensor (0 to 30000 lux), humidity sensor (0% to 100% in humidity), vibration sensor, UV sensor

• Vibration sensor detects, reports and records event-based vibrations within a home

• Tamper protection and AES-128 bit data encryption

• Enables wireless calibration

• Works up to 2 years on two CR123A batteries

AREAWELL Networks CO/Gas Sensor

• Sensors: CO, gas

• Communication protocol: Bluetooth 4.0

• Power Source: 5VDC, max 500mA, USB type

• Compliant with UL2034 & UL1484

• Card reader function

• App (iOS/Android)

First Alert Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm

• Sensors: smoke, CO

• Communication protocol: Z-Wave

• Effective at waking up sleeping children

• 11 pre-programmed home locations

• Voice alarms can tell the user what part of the home is in danger and whether the danger is smoke or carbon monoxide

• Photoelectric smoke sensor reduces nuisance alarms from cooking smoke or shower steam, combined with electrochemical carbon monoxide sensor for increased accuracy

• Mute button to silence any nuisance alarms

• Meets UL standards

Multisensor SmartLIFE

• Sensors: motion, humidity, temperature, light

• Communication protocol: Z-Wave

• Indicates when crossing defined humidity, temperature and brightness

• PIR motion detector

• For indoor or outdoor use (IP42 certified)

• Operating range: max. 150 m / motion detection range: max. 5m

Halo Smart Labs Halo

• Sensors: photoelectric, heat, humidity, barometric pressure, ionization sensor

• Connects to 95% of the connected home platforms currently in the U.S.

• Supports wireless connectivity

• Detects the smoke from both fast-moving and slow-burning fires

Fibaro Motion Sensor

• Sensors: motion, temperature, light, vibration

• Communication protocol: Z-Wave

• Multi-color LED pupil of the FIBARO Motion Sensor informs the user if it has detected any motion or of the current temperature of a room

• User can set color and intensity of the multicolor LED pupil

• Monitors how much time someone spends in a room, what time someone has gone out of or come back home, and the number of visitors

• Analyzes user’s habits to take certain actions automatically for comfort and savings

• Tamper protection

• Earthquake detection and notification

Nest Protect

• Sensors: smoke, CO, heat, humidity, motion, light

• Communication protocol: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

• Voice alarms with custom location – Friendly human voice to give early warnings and to tell the user where the danger is

• App silence – quiet down the alarm from the Nest app

• Phone alerts

• Safety checkup – one tap to test all the alarms

• Tests itself – checks its batteries and sensors over 400 times a day

• Steam check – Uses custom algorithms and a humidity sensor to look for steam

Notion

• Sensors: temperature, water, smoke, natural frequency, light, motion, sound, angular rate, acceleration

• Communication protocol: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

• Easy to install – pair, peel and stick

• Custom alerts via push notifications

• End-to-end encryption for over-the-wire transmissions

Philio PAT02 Flood Sensor

• Sensors: humidity, temperature, water (flood)

• Communication protocol: Z-Wave

• Built-in Z-Wave 500 series modules

• 1700mAh CR123A Lithium battery to guarantee 7 years of battery life

• Higher output power to enhance the communication range (+5dBm output power as compared to -2.5dBm 300 series)

• Slim, small design

Quirky Spotter

• Sensors: motion, sound, light, temperature, humidity

• Communication protocol: Wi-Fi

• Requires Wink HUB or Relay

• Monitors motion, sound, light, temperature, and humidity all from the mobile device

• Endless possibilities – can be used for anything from baby monitoring to washer/dryer notifications or perfecting your wine cellar

StarVedia IC717z

• Sensors: sound, motion, temperature

• Communication protocol: Wi-Fi 802.11n

• Smart home solution on a camera (SoC) – IP camera with built-in smart home gateway and inclusion of Z-Wave aware sensors and devices

• Supports 64G microSD card, Dropbox Cloud Storage (2G free storage space) and NAS recording for data backup

SNUPI Wally

• Sensors: water, humidity, temperature

• Communication protocol: PLC

• Uses SNUPI (Sensor Network Utilizing Powerline Infrastructure) technology to eliminate the power burn required by Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and lasts over 10 years with no battery changes

• Constantly communicating – Wally’s network of sensors, hub and the cloud are in constant communication with each other

• Immediate alerts –when there’s an issue, Wally sends a detailed, specific alert describing the issue and where it is in home

• Back to work – once a leak is detected, users can dry off the sensor and Wally gets back to work