Imagine a home that doesn’t wait for your command but anticipates your needs. This is the reality demonstrated by the new smart home showcase developed by HTEC & Infineon. By moving beyond simple automation to true contextual awareness, HTEC has leveraged Infineon’s diverse sensor ecosystem to create a living space that seamlessly adapts to its inhabitants. This isn’t just a collection of gadgets, it is a cohesive system where the house itself becomes an intelligent companion.
A walk through the Intuitive Home
The solution creates a journey through a house that interacts with its owner effortlessly, utilizing specific sensors for tailored experiences in every room:
- Seamless arrival: The experience begins before you even step inside. Utilizing the XENSIV™ BGT60UTR11AIP 60 GHz radar sensor, the garage door system intelligently detects the car’s approach for automatic opening. More than just a switch, the radar provides precise distance estimation, enabling advanced safety features like anti-pinch sensing to ensure the door stops instantly if an obstruction is detected.
- Lighting that follows and obeys: As you step into the living space, physical switches become obsolete. The XENSIV™ BGT60LTR11AIP autonomous radar detects your presence to instantly illuminate the room – acting as an alternative to any PIR sensor. Here, HTEC takes it a step further: simply waving a hand in the air captures the magic of the XENSIV™ BGT60TR13C 60 GHz radar sensor for micro movement detection. This Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) sensor translates subtle hand gestures into reliably detectable commands, allowing you to dim the lights or shift the color temperature to set the perfect mood without ever touching a control panel. Lights so intelligent are also energy-efficient and minimize the consumption.
- A new sense of context within the home space: Security runs invisibly in the background, giving the home a sense of hearing. XENSIV™ MEMS Microphones, powered by Deepcraft ML models running on a PSoC™ 6 MCU, act as an intelligent guardian. Unlike standard sound sensors, this edge AI solution analyzes audio patterns to detect specific events, ensuring the home is responsive to its acoustic environment.
The “Brain” behind the senses
Tying these senses together is our PSOC™ Edge microcontroller. Serving as the central nervous system of the house operating model, it aggregates real-time data from all sensor nodes—from the garage to the living room. It drives a centralized GUI that visualizes the entire home’s status in one glance, proving that a complex web of sensors can be presented as a simple, elegant interface for the user.
Intuitive Home’s relevance
This collaboration with HTEC showcases how technology has finally caught up with the vision of a truly intuitive home. With Infineon’s advanced radar, environmental, and audio sensor technologies seamlessly integrated into powerful edge processing supported by latest connectivity standards, the barriers between your living space and your needs are dissolving. The result is not just a ‘smart’ home—a term that’s beginning to feel outdated—but a perceptive, adaptive, and genuinely intelligent one. From enhancing safety and optimizing energy use to offering unparalleled comfort, the next generation of homes doesn’t just listen or observe—it understands. And the best part? All of this happens effortlessly, empowering you to focus on what really matters—living.
Partner Information
Infineon Technologies AG is a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT. Infineon drives decarbonization and digitalization with its products and solutions. The Company had around 57,000 employees worldwide (end of September 2025) and generated revenue of about €14.7 billion in the 2025 fiscal year (ending 30 September). Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the OTCQX International over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: IFNNY).
