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Re: Dimming
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Dimming
- From: nicholas@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 17:23:25 -0000
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Thanks Stuart - I think I'm going to go for this solution. The Dallas
digital potentiometer seems to work with a one wire system -
'Multiple DS2890 devices can reside on a common 1-Wire network and
be operated independently of each other'.
Nick
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@s...> wrote:
> 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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