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How many people DIY your own smart wifi socket or smart wifi switch?

Former Member
Former Member over 9 years ago

Just wondering how many people interest in DIY your own smart wifi switch or socket. When search, I can see thousands of wifi socket or switch available in ebay now. But the price actually not very good. Some even rocket high.

And we may have done silly things like buy many different brands. The result is that we have to download different apps to support different brand wifi socket or wifi switch, which really annoys me much. Hate this so much.

I've been thinking DIY one, maybe use a PCB to make it will be possible. But I can't find any. Does any one know where to get such a stuff?

 

Smart home has taken up our life, but weird no such a half-finished smart WIFI switch. Just tell me why.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 9 years ago +2 suggested
    Hi Elsie, They exist, and are very low cost, e.g. this Energenie mains power control method is designed for UK use. Works with a Raspberry Pi or any other processor/microcontroller board, so easy to connect…
  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 9 years ago +1 suggested
    When it comes to power switching (especially in the home) the advice is typically to buy a dedicated piece of hardware that has (hopefully) been designed and built with all safety considerations taken…
  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz +1
    shabaz wrote: They exist, and are very low cost, e.g. this Energenie mains power control method is designed for UK use. Nice units!
  • gadget.iom
    0 gadget.iom over 9 years ago

    When it comes to power switching (especially in the home) the advice is typically to buy a dedicated piece of hardware that has (hopefully) been designed and built with all safety considerations taken into account.

    When it comes to standardisation of control, look at some common protocols and design your network around them. A common example is X10, which can be controlled by a micro controller if you want to experiment safely.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)

    https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/X10

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  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 9 years ago

    Hi Elsie,

     

    They exist, and are very low cost, e.g. this Energenie mains power control method is designed for UK use. Works with a Raspberry Pi or any other processor/microcontroller board, so

    easy to connect to using WiFi.

     

    If you're thinking of building your own, you might want to avoid these methods:

    http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/blog/2014/07/13/mains-power-control

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    0 gadget.iom over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    shabaz wrote:

     

    They exist, and are very low cost, e.g. this Energenie mains power control method is designed for UK use.

     

     

    Nice units! image

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    0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    Well,UK standard mean I can't use it.  Since you can find such a unit, maybe I can find one that suits me.

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    0 shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Yes, as you say it needs to meet your country standards. There are other manufacturers of such wireless power control systems, but unfortunately I don't know in any detail about them : (

    Another option (more expensive though) is to use a remote power strip (as used in server rooms). It normally has a connection to the network via Ethernet (probably serial interface ones still

    exist too) so that you can switch power on/off to individual or multiple appliances.But, since it is much more expensive, the preferred method for home use is probably single style units like

    the energenie ones, if you can find an alternative in your country.

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    0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    Sounds good! The principle works same as the wifi switch does. But this is more like a system integration, which is not a good solution for individual DIY.

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