Mike wrote: <i><br></i><blockquote><i>"As I have mentioned before, I want to develop a properly documented,
open protocol for home automation/sensor projects that could be handled
by both RFM2xB and RFM12B (maybe others). Security is a key requirement
for me, and I have already done some work on doing AES256 on an AVR to
determine feasibility - it seems ok. Simplicity is also important - if a
full implementation will fit in a 16K 8-bit MCU then I would be happy."</i><br></blockquote>Sounds amazing!<br><br>I'm not sure if Damon has mentioned this but I should quickly introduce myself (I'll explain why this is relevant to the current discussion)...<br>
<br>I'm a computer science PhD student at Imperial (unfortunately this doesn't mean I'm a coding ninja! Far from it!) I'm co-supervising two MSc individual projects on "smart heating controls". These projects will run from early June until early Sept. Both students are excellent. One of the students (Shubhangi) is interested in using machine learning to predict room and house occupancy (to automate heating schedules). The other student, Sokratis, is interested in lower-level stuff and has mentioned that he is really interested in building a general purpose home automation / sensor protocol.<br>
<br>Which is a very long-winded way of saying that, if you want to, you should discuss your ideas for a home automation / sensor protocol with Sokratis because this stuff might be right up his street. I'm seeing Sokratis later today so I'll discuss with him and get back to you (unless you're reading this, Sokratis?! In which case feel free to jump in, of course!).<br>