[OpenTRV-dev] Anatomy of a TRV
Stuart Poulton
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Wed Mar 27 22:12:43 GMT 2013
Fairly obvious, but thought it would be well worth covering just exactly what a TRV actuator is, and it's parts. I'm hoping to turn this into a graphical representation in the future.
Consider it a brain dump, not all TRV's need all parts.
Valve Body Actuator
- Motor, Gear Train, actuator Pin
Motor Drive
- H Bridge Circuit
- Optical Rotational Sensor
- Motor Current Measurement
User Interface
- Push buttons
- LCD Display
- Rotary knob
- LED Indicators
Power Supply
- 2xAA Batteries (typically)
- 5V USB (Optional)
Communication Interface
- RF
- Serial
- USB
- Ethernet
- Xbee
- ZWave
Brains
- Single Microprocessor
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