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Lots of off-the shelf "smart plugs" these days, with varying degrees of open-ness and convenience to their APIs. Or for DIY, a cheap micro plus a opto-isolated
by lotyrin 11y ago
Lots of off-the shelf "smart plugs" these days, with varying degrees of open-ness and convenience to their APIs.
Or for DIY, a cheap micro plus a opto-isolated relay board.
- jakobegger 11y agoSomething neat that I found out recently is the existence of solid-state-relays. They are basically opto-couplers that can directly switch a load. You can use them instead of normal relays, and drive them directly from a digital io pin. Pretty sweet. Or just get a particle photon with the relay shield. Extremely easy to set up, and it comes with a REST API.
- javajosh 11y ago>Lots of off-the shelf "smart plugs" these days, with varying degrees of open-ness and convenience to their APIs What are some good ones? > Or for DIY, a cheap micro plus a opto-isolated relay board. What does "micro" mean in this context? Microcontroller?