Category: Control

Z-wave Alliance contest winner and Texas-based HAB Home Intelligence has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.com to bring iBlinds, a DIY home automation kit, to the market.  The product will allow customers to make their existing window blinds “smart” and to control...

asheville makers @ instructables.com has posted a Wifi enabled thermostat that can be programmed via a touch screen display or via the internet. This Instructable explains about how I built WiFi enabled thermostats for my home. The thermostats are programmable with 6 different time...

This simple circuit designed around Solid State Relay S216S02 from SHARP. The S216S02 solid State Relay (SSR) is an integration of an infrared emitting diode (IRED), a Phototraic Detector and a main output Traic. These devices are ideally suited for controlling high voltage AC loads...

by Anthony Smith @ edn.com: Experimenting with an HF oscillator, I needed to control the varactor diode voltage in precise increments over a 2V-10V range. A buffered potentiometer was the obvious choice, and connecting two pots in series to give coarse/fine control (or using a...

EasyIoT @ instructables.com shows us how to build an Internet connected switch using ESP8266 Wifi module and EasyIoT Cloud service. In this tutorial we will show how to build WiFi internet connected switch connected to EasyIoT Cloud. We will use ESP8266, solid state relay and...

Light / Dark Sensitive Switch project is a simple project which operates a relay when the light falling on the LDR goes below or goes above a set point. Input - 12 V @ 50 mA Relay output - SPDT relay 2-in-1 kit, either as light sensitive kit or dark sensitive switch Onboard...

by Kinoma @ instructables.com: We built a biometric fingerprint-controlled lock prototype. A fingerprint scanner is used to capture and store the fingerprints of authorized users. When the scanner recognizes a user, a solenoid plunger disengages and opens the lock. Unlock a Door...

by lucadentella.it: The project I’m going to describe today it’s a sort of proof of concept that will demonstrate the possibility to remote control sensors and actuators (for example a couple of relays) via Telegram. Telegram is an instant messaging application, similar to...