Build Your Own Smart Powers Strip with an Arduino

I’m thinking of building one of these

I need to control around twenty devices

silicon chip had an arduino based project that allowed you to control/ see inputs outputs via mobile phone last month

CrazyNeutrino said:

Build Your Own Smart Powers Strip with an Arduino

I’m thinking of building one of these

I need to control around twenty devices

OK, you’ve shamed me into it.
(Gets out the manual for Arduino bought months ago and starts reading)

> starts reading …

… the “getting started” step 1.

Computer couldn’t find Freetronics USB driver. I’ll try again later.

I stick to arduino software and boards

These sort of things with arduino like boards are wide spread with many different functions

Arduino has “shields” that can be added to the arduino board or a dedicated arduino board for a particular job