A custom-designed touch panel or an app for a smartphone or tablet that controls entertainment components (speakers, home theater, etc.) and/or household appliances. The home Wi-Fi hotspot is used to ...

[Alex] recently gave a Marantz audio amplifier the ability to be remotely-controlled via WiFi by interfacing an ESP32 board to a handy port, but the process highlights how interfacing to existing ...

The explosion of cheap LED lighting products has given a never-ending array of opportunities for the resourceful hacker. A few dollars can secure strings of colourful illumination, but without further ...

This battery-powered, wall-mountable remote control not only lets you dim connected WiZ-compatible smart lights and fixtures, it can also trigger custom lighting scenes and change both the color and ...

For a long time, I had a Logitech Harmony Hub and its accompanying Companion remote. The Harmony Hub could communicate with ...

(InfraRed remote control) A handheld, wireless device used to operate audio, video and other electronic equipment within a room using light signals in the infrared (IR) range. Infrared light requires ...

Overview: Wi-Fi enabled side-by-side refrigerators bring remote control, monitoring, and smarter cooling into your modern kitchen ecosystem.Key features to chec ...

Viessmann has introduced a new gas condensing boiler, the Vitodens 100-W, with WiFi built-in to enable remote control via a smartphone or tablet. The boiler’s control platform also means that the ...

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