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Arduino Lighting Controller

This chapter’s project will use the Uno board with an Ethernet Shield connection to remotely operate lights both inside and outside a residence. The XBee wireless technology will also be used to eliminate the need for hard wiring from the controller to the lights that are placed at a distance. Only lights with external power cords will be used in this project to make it reasonable and easy to implement. I will also demonstrate a radio frequency (RF) key fob that will power-on selected lights when the user is within range.

 

System Design

This system was designed to use both wired and wireless segments to ...

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