A dual relay-based home automation device for the ESP32 XIAO C3 and S3 with an onboard power supply so it can be powered via AC 240V.
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Using the XIAO ESP32 C3 or S3 Development Board, the goal was to create a basic home automation shield with two relay outputs that may be used to operate a variety of AC or even DC devices.
Two buttons are used to control the status of the relay through a basic web application whose source code is attached to the main sketch.
We will use two 5V relay modules to control the AC load; to drive these relays, we used a Mosfet switch setup, which functions as a switch that can be turned ON or OFF by providing a voltage to its gate.
A 10K resistor connects the Mosfet's gate to the XIAO MCU's I/O pin.
In addition, we attached an indicator led to the I/O pin of the XIAO MCU and placed it close to each relay. The indicator LED will glow when the relay is turned on or off.
We installed an isolated SMPS to power this arrangement with AC power, which converts AC 240V into the steady 5V needed for the MCU to function.
Subsequently, we export the netlist from the schematic and convert the entire board into a PCB file. To keep the AC and DC components apart, we first draw a square outline of the board, placing the SMPS and relay on one side and the XIAO with the remaining electronics on the other.
We later added few aesthetic markings to the PCB and sent it to Seeed Fusion for samples.
The PCB was ordered in a blue solder mask with white silkscreen.
PCBs were received in a week, and their quality was super good considering the rate, which was also pretty low.
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Arnov Sharma
Thuan Le
Wassim
Andrej
Michele Perla