Anybody know "powerswitchtail.com" ?

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Hi :slight_smile:

I found this. And it seems to be really good...

But 1) do they ship to Europe? I can't find a page on that.

Also 2) the site seems a bit strange... Somehow a bit "untrustworthy". It has so little Information.

  1. How would I hook it up to the arduino? Again... no Info on the page

Thanks for your help

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In case they don't ship to EU, try sparkfun.com

I have one of these but I've not used it yet. It's easy to connect to arduino. 5V, GND, and one digital pin configured as OUTPUT.

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Wireless power sockets (Google) also switch mains powered devices.
3-packs are very cheap. They come with a remote control.
If you know the code, then a $1 315Mhz or 433Mhz transmitter added to an Arduino can do the same.
Leo..

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Did you read the instructions they link to? It looks like In+ and In- are the two sides of an opto, and Gnd is mains ground.

You'd tie In- to arduino ground, and In+ to an arduino pin, and drive that pin high to turn it on.

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Wawa:
Wireless power sockets (Google) also switch mains powered devices.
3-packs are very cheap. They come with a remote control.
If you know the code, then a $1 315Mhz or 433Mhz transmitter added to an Arduino can do the same.
Leo..

Thats a great Idea! Only one problem: How do I find out what message to send? I guess I'd be doing it like this... Unfortunately I find the code used in the library a bit hard to understand.