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Re: Dimming



IIRC, Dallas Semiconductor do a digital potentiometer. Have a look around
their website http://www.dalsemi.com

On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 20:43:44 Nicholas Bustin wrote:
> I find X10 clumsy and unreliable.  I have been able to utilize a
triac,
> and
> a variable resistor plus some other stuff to dim a light, but using a
> variable resistor defeats the point... what I need to be able to do is
> dim
> the light using something like a PIC. I don't know how to do this, as
at
> requires precise timing with the mains frequency, as far as I know.
Can
> anybody help? Anybody know how X10 dimmer modules work?
>

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      • From: "Nicholas Bustin" <nicholas@xxxxxxx>
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