Dimmer module for light control

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Hi guys!

Recently, I start thinking about home automation stack in my potential new apartment. So I pick an OpenHub and Mycroft as high-level tools for my project.

Then I face unpleasant issue, namely: there is no dimmer that satisfies me. The main problems is unreasonable prices(even on aliexpress, insane!! ), closed source, hence no tweaking possibility, limited functionality.

So I thought about an open-source module for geeks, to control electricity in their homes. Here is rough description:

Requirements:

  1. High reliability
  2. Low price (Let’s say $20-30)
  3. Easy programming, and setting up

Features:

  1. 3 dimming modes (PWM, phase, and cycle skipping)
  2. Possibility to switch on / off with mechanical switches, like in ordinary home.
  3. Current and power measurement
  4. Over current and over temperature protection
  5. OpenHub compatibility

The few questions I have:
Wouldn’t it be double work creating such module, maybe there is something similar on github, I just not found it?
Will you be interested in such module?

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This forum is for users of Samsung’s SmartThings home automation platform you will likely not get an answer to your questions about open source automation platforms here…

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Well, I will appreciate any suggestion close to requirements and features, even not open source. Because creating new device is kind of hard way, although interesting.