Home automation over ethernet - update

It has been a while since I announced the home automation over ethernet project. It’s time to make some progress!

I’ve been writing some basic software for the microcontroller making it possible to switch leds on and off and change the IP and MAC address of the modules. Also on the hardware part some decisions have been made. As mentioned in the previous post the modules will be mounted on a DIN rail. The microcontroller will have it’s own housing. Outputs and inputs will have a separate housing making it possible to create different configurations.

For the creation of the circuit boards the “Toner Transfer” method will be used. This is a cheap and accurate method to create prototypes. When I start creating the PCB’s I will explain this method in detail.

The software running on the server will not be written in VB.net but in Java since I want to leave the option for Linux as operating system open. Below you find a screenshot of the main screen. This is really an early development version, but it gives an idea.

The next step, something for tomorrow, will be ordering some electric components to create the prototype modules. To be continued.=;;