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I have a Wemo Smart Switch similar to the one in the picture below.

Wemo Smart Switch F7C027

Using Wemo app from an iPhone the switch can be controlled. I am interested in learning electrical signal behavior of the white wire (as shown in the picture below) which I believe is the one responsible for controlling the Wemo Smart Switch.

wemo smart switch opened up

I have been looking at Belkin WeMo Teardown. Based on the Belkin WeMo Teardown looks like there is Power PCB and Logic PCB. Depending on the switch there appears to be a 3 wire or 5 wire option.

Looking at OpenWrt Wiki Belkin F7C027 it looks like the signals are

  1. White (GPIO13) - AC Relay control
  2. Black - GND
  3. Red - 5V
  4. 3.3V
  5. GPIO14 - 0V off (default) 3.3V on

As state above does anyone know the electrical signal behavior of the white wire? Is the signal a simple High/Low (on/off), pulse (toggle) or something other like a pulse train (data communication)?

Mahendra Gunawardena
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In this case, the relay control is just a signal to energise the coil in the relay. It's likely to be a fairly high current (10s of mA) so needs a switching transistor in addition to just the mcu I/O pin (unless the relay is a solid state module, or has a local driver).

Do remember that the components inside this switch all risk being at mains voltage, and if you make any modifications, you put yourself and anyone else in the property in significant danger.

Sean Houlihane
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