Smart Home Solutions – Hardware Solution for Home Automation

 

Optimizing IoT solutions is essential for the growth of the smart home market, which is expected to increase at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2021 to 2026, according to Markets and Markets. A smart home has been formed based on chips, modules, sensors and the Internet, covering household appliances, lighting, security and others. And smart home devices are expected to be user-friendly, cost-effective, customizable and flexible while blending well into their surroundings. All of this creates new challenges for product developers and designers.

Critical Considerations for Selecting the Ideal Smart Hub

As IoT developers, IoT solution providers, and enterprise customers, selecting the heart of the smart home solutions – the Controller, sometimes called the smart hub, gateway, or bridge- seems daunting, especially with all the various options for hardware hubs. When referring to the Controller choices, the most important for you to consider are:

Open API for Smart Hub

It’s necessary to focus on if the Controller offers an open application programming interface (API), which is helpful for you to add extra functionality to your smart home.

 

Smart Hub with Little Cloud Service Reliance

Some smart home Controllers run some or all of their features and functions via the Internet, hosted on a manufacturer’s cloud service. Data breaches are a concern. Choosing a smart home Controller with little or zero reliance on cloud services may significantly minimize the situation.

Communication with Z-wave and Zigbee

According to your own needs, sometimes you will require that the Controller be extended to add other modules, such as Cellular, Z-Wave and Zigbee core technologies, to better communicate with different devices.

Maintaining Internet Connection

It’s equally important to maintain a connection to the Internet so that you can monitor and adjust devices while away.

 

Why Choose Mixtile Edge 2 as Your Smart Hub for Home Automation?

There are some reasons for the Edge 2 available that you can use to customize smart home projects, whether you want more performance or expansion modules support.
View Mixtile Edge 2 to find out how it can effectively help you to optimize your smart home solutions according to budget and needs.

Perfect to Run Home Assistant

Compared with the most common Home Assistant hardware, Edge 2 has a more powerful processor, using Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 up to 2.0GHz and supports LPDDR4 up to 8GB.

Integrated high-performance NPU is ideal for deep learning frameworks of TensorFlow, Caffe, Tflite, Pytorch, Onnx NN, Android NN, etc. The eMMC Flash up to 256GB provides quick performance and outstanding reliability.

Thanks to its rich built-in interfaces, Edge 2 can be assembled as monolithic hardware, while most other SBCs bring wires and chaos.

Zigbee and Z-Wave Module Expansion

Based on customers’ requirements, Edge 2 adds mini-PCIe interfaces to expand Zigbee and Z-Wave modules for communicating with smart devices in your home. And wireless module customization is available for higher performance and lower cost.

On-Board Bluetooth

Bluetooth could be helpful if you hook up peripherals. On-board Bluetooth of Edge 2 enables smart home devices to connect more efficiently, which consumes less power and is cheaper to install than Wi-Fi.

Gigabit Ethernet

High-speed internet ensures that the Home Assistant can run fast and stable when using much-complicated automation.

 

Zigbee and Z-Wave Module Expansion

Based on customers’ requirements, Edge 2 adds mini-PCIe interfaces for the expansion of Zigbee and Z-Wave modules for communicating with smart devices in your home. And wireless module customization is available for higher performance and lower cost.

On-Board Bluetooth

Bluetooth could be helpful if you wanted to hook up peripherals. On-board Bluetooth of Edge 2 enables smart home devices to connect more efficiently, which consumes less power and is cheaper to install than Wi-Fi.

Gigabit Ethernet

High-speed internet ensures that the Home Assistant can run fast and stable when using much-complicated automation.

M.2 Expansion Slot

Edge 2 supports adding a cellular module for maintaining a connection to the Internet. This allows you to control your smart home devices from a smartphone, tablet or computer and allows remote access even when you’re away from home, via the Internet.
Available to add M.2 B-Key SSD hard drive for extending the space for home automation.

DC/Type-C Power Supply

Edge 2 supports PD 3.0. Replace your old barrel jack power adapters with tiny PD adapters and keep your home cleaner and more modern.
The type-C connector could be plugged either way around, minimizing frustration of your home.

Mixtile provides Edge 2 samples for evaluating your projects.
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Advantages of Mixtile Smart Home Hardware Solution

High Compatibility

Home Assistant, a popular open-source home automation platform, supported by Edge 2, our powerful edge computing device, and offers integration with a vast array of devices and services. It’s easy to link with other devices to realize automatic lighting adjustment, humidity detection, security system control, etc. By leveraging the power of Edge 2, Home Assistant can process data locally, reducing latency and improving overall performance, making it an ideal solution for anyone looking to create a smarter, more efficient home.

High Efficiency

Mixtile Edge 2 is a versatile smart hub and gateway offering a range of IoT solutions for embedded developers. With its reserved CAN, I2C, and UART internal interfaces, the Edge 2 provides flexibility and customization options for developers looking to build advanced IoT solutions. Whether working on a complex home automation project or developing smart home solutions for commercial or industrial use, the Edge 2 can support various hardware capabilities and interfaces to meet your needs.

Professional Support

Mixtile offers application customization and integration services according to customer needs. Complete resources including SDK, development documents, technical documents and tutorials will be provided. We ensure excellent aftercare and maintenance services for your to create custom IoT solutions tailored to your unique requirements.

Customization Application

Complete Resources

Aftercare & Maintance

Safety and Compliance

Mixtile Edge 2 is an advanced and powerful smart hub that offers a range of IoT solutions and hardware capabilities to help developers build smarter, more connected homes and businesses. In addition to its advanced IoT solutions and hardware capabilities, Mixtile Edge 2 complies with FCC and CE certifications, meeting EU/USA health, safety and environmental requirements.