Freetronics Forum

OK I am having a problem, and thought others may as well, so adding it to this highly relevant thread. The setup: I am using one of these http://www.inmojo.com/store/krida-electronics/item/8-channel-ac-light-dimmer-module-arduino/ triac boards with zero cross detection. Along with that, my fixture i...

Instead of using a relay to control the mains voltage you will need to use a triac with a zero cross detection circuit. You need the zero cross because of how the triac interacts with the AC voltage. There are some premade boards on eBay.

Jeff, I am still working on getting my house started. Looking like a month from now. I was going to do a detailed explanation of how my system is setup once I have all the photos and video from the house build. It is basically as above. However, commercial poe is a pain. Plan to build some sort of i...

Hello Jon, all, So I recently stumbled across the SuperHouseTV videos and have finished them all. I noticed most of them are rather dated and was wondering, if after having used your system for awhile, would you make any changes to the version reflected in the videos? I will be constructing a new ho...