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Rotary Dial Remote Control for Home Automation

WIZnet Ethernet HAT Contest Winner project

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Published February 17, 2023

Original author: clemoOriginal source (new tab)

Rotary Dial Remote Control for Home Automation

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Project description

Introduction In this project the WIZnet W5100S-EVB-Pico board is used to turn an old analog rotary-dial phone into a remote control and alarm for a home automation system. The rotary dial phone with custom electronics to add mDNS, MQTT & MP3 functionallity. Even when lights and appliances are controlled by a home automation controller (HAC), it is often desirable to have an override option to switch on or off a lamp, a ventilator or some other device. The modified rotary-dial phone presented here allows this by dialing the number of the appliance. At the same time it forms a now sought-after…

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