Once again Arduino enthusiast Rui Santos has delivered an interesting easy tutorial that can be quite useful. In this example Rui demonstrates how to control mains outlets remotely - and safely - over the Internet. The key to the safety angle is using inexpensive RF-controlled outlets, so the Arduino only needs to connect with a cheap 433 MHz radio hardware.
The rest of the project is easy, and apart from using an Ethernet-enabled Arduino board - it also takes advantage of the free Home Automation Server service to create a user-interface for the controls. You can learn about the entire project through the following video:
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Jump to comment formRui Santos said:
Thanks for sharing my project!