Are there methods to control AC voltages in relation to varying sensor inputs?
Controlling an array of LEDs creates many possibilities, but greater excitement comes in knowing that you can sequence and control almost any AC or DC device with the BASIC Stamp or your microcontroller’s logic-level control, connected to a solid-state relay (SSR). Devices such as AC and DC motors, high-brightness lamps, neon sculptures and signs, refrigerators and virtually any high voltage device can now come under the delicate and precise electronic control possible with the BS2 or other microcontrollers. You can even interface the Basic Stamp to the web. The SSR is interfaced to the BS2 and programmed to function in either a repetitive fashion or a chaotic one. Both repetitive and chaotic programming modes can be activated by a variety of sensors, such as the infrared sensor in this lesson.
