Itead's Sonoff devices were among the first really cheap smart home devices. The company recently released a simple thing that no one had thought of doing before.
Two years ago, I talked about the S20 Smart Socket and other Sonoff devices (ammo1.livejournal.com/901449.html).
Since then, several new devices have appeared, operating not only from the mains, but also from low voltage 5-24 V, but all low-voltage devices were produced in the form of boards without enclosures. SONOFF Micro - the first Sonoff low-voltage device in an enclosure.
Of course, to remotely turn on a five-volt load, you can also use a regular S20 socket, connected to it is "charging" with a USB output, but in some cases it will be more convenient to use a smart USB socket, besides, it is twice cheaper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v = -Phf2Z7B01E
As with other Sonoff devices, the USB socket has built-in timers that work without the Internet.
And also Sonoff has finally started to be supported by Yandex Alice (the application that controls Sonoff devices is called eWelink).
SONOFF Micro costs only $ 6.21.
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