The storm appears to have subsided for now. Here at the norton outpost in Pittsburgh we are still w/o power. I’m only posting now that I’ve Hacked myself a phone charger out of 4aa. Batteries and an extra usb port I had laying around. Its pretty stone age around here at the moment. But had to post my simple Hack success.
Archive for the ‘Arduino Electronics Fun’ Category
My journey to controlling 120v brought me to sparkfun.com I purchased several Relay Control PCB’s. They offer a convenient parts list to help you find all the right bits and pieces to fill out the PCB.
Relay PCB from Sparkfun
Obviously I couldn’t wait to take pictures when putting together the PCB’s, but it was pretty easy overall. And if your not up to the task of putting these together I’m not sure that you should be trying to put together the beast in the following posts.
Overall putting together the pieces was pretty easy. If you’ve ever soldered a freeduino or any kind of basic PCB you’ll be fine. If you’re not sure I would highly recommend checking out a local Hack (insert locale here) event. Locally I visit Hack Pittsburgh. They helped me build the freeduino I use later on in this post to control the relays. Basically this PCB helps us use the 5v power we can get from PIN HIGH on the arduino to control 120v of power like a regular outlet. This appilcation has it’s limitations, so be warned this is only for testing purposes. Not for full scale operation. And certainly do not leave this type of device plugged in without monitoring.
Relay PCB from Sparkfun.com
Come back soon to see the next step.
Adding a new mobile post with the new android wp prog. It appears to be a decent tool. If u Have an android phone check it out!
Hi and welcome to lostNtranslation.com
My name is Paul Norton aka skitzo2000, and I hope to soon publish my work with the arduino platform as well as some fun electronis projects I have planned. Come back soon to see my work using the arduino to control 120v power!
