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Staircase Lighting – for a Smarter Home
automation, project

Staircase Lighting – for a Smarter Home

June 27, 2020 March 24, 2021  automation, esp8266, pcbway, timer 2

Introduction Almost a decade ago I made a PIC micro controlled staircase light timer. It has been working really well ever since and now time has come to upgrade it. This time I designed it around the ESP8266 WiFi module as most of my other projects these days. Having WiFi …

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Programmable Timer Switch

December 3, 2012 July 17, 2020  lcd, pcb, pic, schematics, timer 58

Finished unit mounted on the wall, in use. Introduction This project, like others before, has started out of need: our 30+ year old mechanical timer for the central heater of the house has finally given it up. It would have been faster and cheaper to get a replacement from the …

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Relative Clock/Timer/Alarm

October 20, 2012 July 17, 2020  alarm, clock, pcb, retro, schematics, timer 0

Introduction  Towards the end of the ’80s, when I started out in electronics, one day I decided to make a special alarm clock: one, that, when the time comes, switches on some device in my room – be it a radio, TV or anything else. At the time microcontrollers were …

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TV Auto-off from the ’80s

October 1, 2012 July 17, 2020  pcb, retro, schematics, timer, tv 2

Introduction In the eighties most TV sets did not have the sleep function that is standard on today’s TVs. My grandfather was known to fall asleep about 5 minutes into watching any program on TV in the evening. Then, the TV would go on all night long. Those TVs in …

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Staircase Light Timer
pic micro, project

Staircase Light Timer

February 12, 2011 July 17, 2020  led, pcb, pic, schematics, timer 1

We have a timer in our staircase that controls the light after dark: when someone presses a button (a button is located on each floor) the lights light up for a preset period. Lately, the timer in our staircase light has started to behave weirdly – no matter what settings …

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