{"id":16937,"date":"2017-06-20T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16937"},"modified":"2017-06-20T05:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T04:12:34","slug":"model-lighting-controller-using-a-raspberry-pi-and-loads-of-relays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16937","title":{"rendered":"Model lighting controller using a Raspberry Pi and loads of relays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16938\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=560%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=560%2C376&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=260%2C174&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pi-house.jpg?resize=160%2C107&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mathieu Bonte has written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-Light-Controller-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a great Instructable<\/a> in which he creates a model house and then wires up a Raspberry Pi to various lamps to light the model. In the Instructable, he takes you through wiring it all up, via relays so you can transfer it to a &#8216;real&#8217; house eventually if you so wish, and then developing the software using the Pi, MySQL and the Flask web server library. It&#8217;s an assignment for school and it&#8217;s a great proof-of-concept. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-Light-Controller-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathieu Bonte has written a great Instructable in which he creates a model house and then wires up a Raspberry Pi to various lamps to light the model. 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