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Control 256 relays! Seeing is believing!

 home automation (/projecthub/projects/tags/home+automation)

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COMPONENTS AND SUPPLIES 

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT 

256 Relays!
The IO Expander (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html)now supports
256 relays per board. Due to cable lengths and capacitance issues the clock and data
lines need to be separated to two separate lines each with 8 relay boards. The first 8
relay boards are with R1 and R2 and the next 8 relay boards are with ECHO and TRIG. The
clock rate for each line is 68KHz and since it is a dual clock interface you get a combined
136KHz effective data output. Oh did we mention that it is also latched so all 256 relays
get activated at exactly the same time!
 256 Relays Diagram

Note: R3 and R4 gets connected to the second lines as shown by the green wires on the
far right hand side.
Warning: Do NOT connect the grounds between the lines thus creating a ground loop!
But you don't have to stop at 256 relays. You can link multiple IO Expander
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html) together and control up to
65,280 relays!
See our Control Up to 65,280 Relays with Your Arduino
(https://www.hackster.io/chuygen/control-up-to-65-280-relays-with-your-arduino-
6a6256)project!
The IO Expander is more than just a relay controller. You can use it to also interface to
the following sensors with no drivers required!

Sensors Supported
Maxim 1-Wire® DS18B20, DS18S20,DS1822 Temperature.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#ds18b20)
Maxim 1-Wire® Control.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#onewire)
Maxim 1-Wire® DS28E17 to I2C.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/onewiretoi2c.html)
OneWire AM2302, DHT11, DHT22 Temperature/Humidity.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#dht22)
Sensirion SHT1x Temperature/Humidity.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#sht1x)
4 Relays or Relay Expander for 256 Relays.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#relays)
Flow (Hall Effect). (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#hall)
GPIO Control. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#gpio)
Float Switch (Magnetic and Optical).
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#float)
Button Input. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#button)
Proximity Sensor. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#proximity)
(New v1.14) (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#proximity)
Ultrasonic HCSR04. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#hcsr04)
ADC TEMT6000 Light.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#temt6000)
Sensirion I2C HTU2x, SHT2x, SHT3x Temperature/Humidity.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#sht2x)
I2C Control. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#i2c)
Silicon Labs I2C Si7021 Temperature/Humidity.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#si7021)
Bosch I2C BMP180 Temperature/Pressure.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#bmp180)
TAOS I2C TSL2561 Light. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#tsl2561)
Ti I2C LM75 Temperature. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#lm75)
Maxim I2C DS3231 RTC/Temperature.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#ds3231)
Atmel I2C AT24C32 32Kbps Serial EEPROM.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#at24c32)
SSD1306 0.96", SSD1309 2.42"
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#ssd1306)(New v1.14)
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#ssd1306) I2C 128x64 Dot
Matrix OLED/PLED Display.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#ssd1306)
Microchip I2C MCP9600 Thermocouple Temperature.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#mcp9600)
HX711 Load Cell Weight Sensor.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#hx711)(New v1.13)
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#hx711)
SH1106 1.3" I2C 128x64 Dot Matrix OLED/PLED Display.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#sh1106)(New v1.13)
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#sh1106)
TAOS I2C TSL2591 Light. (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#tsl2591)
(New v1.14) (http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#tsl2591)
TAOS I2C TCS34725 RGB Light.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#tcs34725)(New v1.14)
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#tcs34725)
Sensirion I2C SCD30 CO2 Temperature/Humidity.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#scd30)(New v1.14)
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#scd30)
System Commands.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#systemcommands)
New sensors added with firmware updates.
(http://www.zevendevelopment.com/ioexpander.html#firmware)
Here's the 256 relays in action! Seeing is believing!
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256 Relays in Action

/* IO Expander
*
* 256 Relays
*
*/

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include "IOExpander.h"
#include <avr/wdt.h>

//#define SERIAL_DEBUG
#define MAX_RELAYS 256

#ifdef SERIAL_DEBUG
SoftwareSerial swSerial(8,7);
#endif

char cmd[10];

void setup()
So get your IO Expander today and build your system!
CODE 

Control 256 Relays Arduino

  (/PROJECTHUB/CODE_FILES/433822/DOWNLOAD)

SCHEMATICS 

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 Adam Benzion (/projecthub/adambenzion)
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wow,
oject never seen anything like this!
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ada
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nzio Christian (/projecthub/chuygen)
n) 3 days ago
(/pr
It's
ojecta lot harder to design and build than most people realize. As you keep adding
parallel
hub/ shift registers, capacitance and timing become critical. One is easy, 16 not
so,
chuy especially separated with wire connectors and not on a single PCB. If you have
two
gen) synchronous circuits A and B, where A feeds in B, and both share the same
clock then you have the issue if total Tpd(A) < Th(B) where Tpd is the
combinational delay of the clock. At 5V typical propagation delay is 19ns, minimum
propagation delay is 3ns and required hold time is 2ns. Even the selection of the
type of parallel shift register chip becomes important.
Anyway it was a fun test to see them all working at the same time and now you
know it works!

Arduino “having11” Guy (/projecthub/gatoninja236)

3 days ago
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Very
oject impressive
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Spectacular,
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Niko
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