Hobby Electronics has far more potential than just recreating Luke’s lightsaber; We equally adore undertakings that enhance our daily lives. Home Automation is an immensely satisfying long term project for Makers to create new futuristic DIY gadgets. Your quality of life significantly steps up with the fun installations of smart home technology which can also improve your office workspace. You can customise your ease of living with voice-activated lights, an automated coffee machine, smart sprinklers, and more DIY tricks. We’re always excited to introduce more smart home technology to the South African market. Shelly IoT is a brand that provides easy ways to automate your home and the Shelly Uni WiFi Module is the universal Swiss army knife that helps you make any simpleton appliance into a smart device!
The Shelly Uni is a small WiFi Module packed with incredible functionality and the potential to connect to a wider network of Home Automation devices. Onboard the Shelly Uni, you will find 2 digital inputs, 2 potential-free outputs, a universal ADC reader, and universal temperature and humidity sensors. Most simple home appliances, including portable, are easily compatible with the Shelly Uni’s voltage range of 12V to 36V DC or 12V to 24V AC. By installing the Shelly Uni, you are bestowing the gift of intelligence onto your Electronics through WiFi connection and programmable functions. Your doorbell might send you phone notifications or your kitchen could prepare you coffee while you snooze for 5 more minutes. With a Maker’s intuition and some 3D Printing, the applications become truly endless.
The Shelly Uni WiFi Module fits into most standard switches and electronic boxes, integrating them all with your other Shelly devices. Organise multiple areas connected to your home WiFi using the Shelly Cloud App and control them all with your smartphone from anywhere. Shelly Uni is highly adaptive as you build on and integrate other smart home platforms such as Amazon Alexia or SmartThings, giving you voice activation as well!
Shelly Uni WiFi Module - Technical Specifications: |
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– Shelly |
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– Shelly Uni |
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– 12V to 36V, AC & DC |
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– 2 |
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– 2.2V to 36V DC | 12V to 24 V AC |
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– 2 Potential Free |
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– up to 24V DC & 36V AC | 100mA |
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– 1 ADC – Dual Ranges: 0V to 12V | 12V to 30V |
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– 2 |
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– -40°C to 40°C |
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– < 1W |
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– 802.11 b/g/n |
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– 2400 – 2500 MHz |
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– 1mW |
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– Up to 50m outdoors – Up to 30m indoors (The range may vary, depending on the building materials) |
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– Android | iOS | Amazon Alexa | Google Assistant – Home Automation Servers using MQTT, CoAP & REST API |
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– 17g |
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– 20x33x13mm |
Typical Applications for Shelly Uni WiFi Module:
Although small, the Shelly Uni WiFi Module is powerful. Shelly devices are designed to offer a painless solution for home automation, by integrating into your existing home electronics and connecting with smart home platforms such as Amazon Alexia for voice activation as well. The Shelly Uni WiFi Modules are designed for universal compatibility with most standard appliances to essentially install a “mini-brain” into your home devices. These modules are used to create smart doorbells that send you phone notifications, coffee machines that start-up while you snooze for 5 more minutes, and automatically record analog sensor data like water levels in a JoJo tank. As DIY Tinkerers, we have endless possibilities to integrate Shelly into fun DIY Projects.
Additional Resources:
- The Official Shelly Uni Page is a great resource for Makers looking for wire diagrams, guides and more information.
Shelly (IoT) was built by a team of talented young developers devoted to the dream of not just working smart, but also living smart. The Shelly name is one of the fastest-growing IoT brands in the world. With a focus on smart automation, Shelly has released various devices geared toward providing quality of life solutions to home and office buildings. Their WiFi relays and smart light bulbs open the wonderful world of Home Automation to all Makers looking to live calmly and happily.
Constantly striving for simple innovations, the Shelly team has paid attention to the smallest details to make their devices integrate anywhere. All Shelly devices can work together using their independent Shelly Cloud App, or adjust Shelly to your needs and connect with other home automation platforms such as Google Assistant.
Shelly has reached over 100 markets in the United States, Europe, and now South Africa too. We are starstruck by the thoughtful designs of Shelly’s home automation range that allow Makers like us to hook up everyday devices to the WiFi for remote control while maintaining their original physical switches as well as even tracking electricity consumption. It may be time to consider what automation might improve your life. Be it to have your home lights automatically track the sun’s cycle, or teach your coffee machine to send you wake-up notifications.