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A project log for Theia IoT light-switch

An easy, cheap and open source way to add IoT to a light switch.

loldavid6loldavid6 08/15/2016 at 19:020 Comments

The design for the first prototype (nicknamed WEISS) is finally done, I've been working on this almost everyday for the last week or so, I'm still getting my way around the KiCad environment.

Be warned though, this design is by no means safe, and may not even work - this is the largest collection of electrical components I have ever conceived, and I'm no electrical engineer.

So be advised, this design has the potential to hurt you, blow out your fuses, or worse.

So without any further ado, some images;

It occupies the space of 60x50 mm, so it can just about fit in a UK back plate (only one of the deep ones though because of the height of the relay).

Top. It appears that OSH Park cannot cut oval though holes, oh well, I'm sure I can fix that with a dremmel or something.

Bottom. I accidentally marked it as 0.0 instead of 0.1, nevermind.

I haven't ordered the board yet, but intend to do so soon as well as ordering in the parts so that I can see whether my shoddy (at best) PCB design skills came through in the end. That's all for this update, see you!

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