pkropf / aduro

Control system for flame effects or other systems controlling 120v circuits.

aduro

Control system for flame effects or other systems controlling 120v circuits.

Aduro provides the ability to switch a series of 120 volt sockets on and off remotely. Timing is rather important as is reliability, having a flame effect trigger at an inappropriate time can have rather dire consequences.

General features of the system:

• master control panel
  • simple interface
    • series of on / off switches, slider potentiometers and rotary potentiometers
    • or a touch screen?
  • programmable sequences
  • wireless communication with control packs
  • secure communications
  • control packs are registered with the control panel
    • there's a unique id for each control pack (uuid? mac address? other hardware serial number?)
    • capabilities included with registeration
• secondary control interface
  • controllable via iphone / ipad / android tablet
• control packs
  • quad 120v circuits pack controlled through relays
  • quad relay pack with exposed connectors
  • control packs return to a known state when communication with the maser controller is lost
• other thoughts
  • logging of all commands

Possible hardware platforms:

• master control panel
  • raspbetty pi 2
  • touch screen
• control pack
  • relay board (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.A0.H0.Xrelay+board.TRS4&_nkw=relay+board&_sacat=0)
• wireless communications
  • xbee / zigbee (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10421)
  • 802.11x wifi
  • pinoccio arduino (https://docs.pinocc.io/)
  • particle photon (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13774)