I built out a fully custom pool automation controller using a Particle Photon and a custom PCB printed by OSHPark. The Photon has some integrated web functionality and supports HTTP POST and GET, so this seemed like a great way to learn how to make a SmartThings Device Type. After tons of trial an…

Hi Sceptre, Great project! Thanks for sharing!! I want to get one, did you share your design file on OSHPark? Is it possbile for me to send your design to another cheap pcb manufacturer for fabrication? Thank you!

Yes, I have the .brd and .sch EAGLE files in the GitHub repo. You can order them from whomever you’d like, and modify them as you wish using the freeware version of EAGLE.

Any pics of how its wired to your pool?

It looks like crap inside the box. But basically the pool pump can be controlled using 3 on/off relays that allow you to choose between 2^3 speeds. Unfortunately it is only a one-direction communication, so I have no way of guaranteeing that the pool pump is actually working as intended. There is…

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Nigel (Nigel Linnett) July 10, 2017, 5:49pm 2

Very cool! Thanks for sharing your work

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