What's inside a Smart Socket (with odd power supply schematic)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2018
- Today let's take a look inside a "smart home" smart socket made by TAURON in Poland. It's a mains socket with a remote control function, power monitoring and a thermometer. It pairs with a mobile application using wi-fi. Let's take a look at its insanely overcomplicated internals and reverse engineer its unusual switching power supply.
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Tauron is an electric power supplier here in Poland. They're pretty big, and reputable company, so I hope this thing is built well.
też tak sądzę :D
I've never heard about it here in Czech Republic. It probably exists only in Poland... But yes, it seems very well built :). Definitely not China...
First time I was sure it's chinese gadget, but when I saw Relpol relay it's surprised me :)
@@DiodeGoneWild Everything is built in China, even the iPhone... In China you can find everything from dodgy cheap products to the best quality. It'd be extremely foolish to believe that plug is built in Poland(at most it'll be designed in Poland)
@@viro3976 Iphone... The most advanced electronic device in the world haha
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Według mnie, nawet dobrze przetlumaczył, wszystkie informacje zawarte w instrukcji xD
Dobra robota
Bonjour?
何 ?
don't translate it from classic chinese!
Only DiodeGoneWild can make me spend 29 minutes to watch about a freakin power adaptor! Damn, I can't even spend more than 15 minutes on most bigclive videos. While bigclive is more like electronics ASMR, DiodeGoneWild is more on the funny side with the jokes, drawings and accent. Keep it up!
How do we send you electronic stuff to make a video of it? We'd like to send you some! :-)
Thanks :). I'm trying to fit as much as possible info into the video. BigClive also has good videos, but he leaves the camera on while looking for a screwdriver :D. Of course, I'd be very glad if you decided to donate some device to make a video about. Can you give me your e-mail address? I'd send you my shipping address.
Me too. Sometimes I watch his videos many times. Greatings from the Nederlands.
DiodeGoneWild so did AccentGoneWild ha-ha-ha
I wish they his videos would have close captioning to be able to turn the sound off, I've lost a couple of ribs from laughing. tsk-tsk
Gotta love his older small Samsung phone at 25:00 ... I happen to like smaller screen phones too, fits better in the hand and battery lasts longer too. ;)
@mpk5959 < Ha-ha-ha, I've never considered soldering wires sexy, but hey it could be an "electrifying" experience. tsk-tsk DiodeGoneWild probably watched a lot of GirlsGoneWild videos before choosing his name. ;)
@@DiodeGoneWild Some of us prefer longer Big Clive videos ;) It's just nice to sort of "hang out" with him for a while - it's relaxing! :)
I love how you can “de-evolve” high technology into something useful! Well done Mr. Wild!
I'm amazed by the build quality and components!
4-layer PCB, Taoglas Wi-Fi antenna, Relpol relay (quite expensive one), Analog Devices energy meter, Dallas temp sensor, On Semi smps switcher, Coilcraft coupled inductor, Rubicon 105 C capacitors, Diodes Inc. rectifiers, Osram RGB LEDs, magnetic manual, everything critical is secured with screws. This device must be over $50 price mark with such BOM. Never heard of Tauron before, but I'd buy anything from them.
Most of the components used I've seen on Transfer Multisort Electronik's website, which is the Polish version of Digi-Key and Mouser. And they ship to US for $10 with DHL and it gets here for 3 days! Better and faster than shopping from US online stores, although their website is overcomplicated and confusing.
I can't just imagine myself spending 27 minute on TH-cam video only DiodeGoneWild can make me do it. Thanks a lot we all love the video. More blessing to you.
At 2:05 the manual states that this wireless socket belongs to a "family" of smart devices, one of them (separacje from this one) being a flood sensor. Just so You know
Well, I hope he didn’t actually think a power socket also functions as a flood detector.
@@TheXGamer969 Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel technically it can just like normal socket connected trough braker, XD
2:37 - genuine LOL
Bloody well that was complicated ive never seen such an insane power supply well done for being able to explain it. I like the colored lights on it think they look cool
Thanks :). The power supply is not that insane. The rest of it is. I don't like RGB LEDs. They are absolutely everywhere, I'm starting to hate them...
over 27 minutes of perfect edutainment - thank you very much .... and your czech accent is great!
2:35 hahahahaha such a good notification
Danyk this is a high quality video , greeting from Slovakia ;)
You should be nominated for the Nobel prize on your discovery of the "center", in the center transformer. :D
Well, a Buck Converter is actually quite efficient stepping down the voltage while stepping up current, unlike linear regulator which dissipate power as heat. The strange part of the circuit is the center tap, which as he pointed out could be eliminated by moving the diode over the left side of the coil. The only thing I can think of using this method is that they need high current for some reason without dissipating heat. I'm just wondering if the octo-coupler would short out internally, would the output jump to 166V instead of 6V?? Only DiodeGoneWild could answer this ;)
@@BillAnt No shit Sherlock! Or should I call you "Captain Obvious"?
If you have a question for him, post your own comment or question.
Don't hijack other people comments.
Relax snippy Kitty! It was just a comment pertaining to the "center tap", not out of context, and with no intent on "hijacking" anything. By the way, last time I've checked, this is a public forum, neither you or me own it.... so check yourself before you wreck yourself! :D
I really appreciate your videos! Always very informing and also entertaining :)
Please keep on the good work!
2:38 LOL :D
I like the way u showed each components working thanks for that
Keep it up
First thing I watch your videos is for your funny accent and humor ;) then comes the information and knowledge gaining part. So far I must say you have done a great job. Keep up buddy.
(Chyba)Pierwszy Polski produkt u DiodeGoneWild. Super!😀
Nie to chyba 5 bo ja widziałem
You say Tauron Word exactly how it Sounds in Polish 👍👍😃
Your modification was a vast improvement over the stock complicated design. That plug had more computing power inside of it than my first PC did!
2:38 your smartphone just killed me!
It's amazing how a small device is so detailed inside! And just like someone say here before... Just your videos to keep me entertained for near half hour! Keep the good work👉👍👈. Someday I want to send you some devices too. Just missed your kitty 😺
Quite interesting how the energy metering IC uses an NTSC color subcarrier crystal for timing, just because they happened to be common when the IC was designed.
Fun fact: The exact frequency of the NTSC color subcarrier is (455÷2)•525•30•(1000÷1001).
Very interesting explanation! I always wanted to know how these sockets are build.
Thank you so much for your videos DGW
Very educative and It saved a lot of money to me too, by watching your movies instead of destroying my home gadgets myself
:)
Thanks for your time and efforts!
Anas
Awesome teardown , i wish you teardown those wifi,microcontrollers too. Keep up the work ,thanks
Tauron is polish Electricy provider
Thank you for a very nice disassembly and review - possibly the first very well built and robust power supply on this channel :) To me the supply looks like floating buck regulator - since it is not referenced to ground you can fit also the transistor to a relatively small package. Left part of the coil and 22uF capacitor seem to work like bootstrap circuit for creating supply voltage for switching internal N-MOS.
2:32 I literally choked on my Pringles
Love your videos! Keep it up!
"BLOODY HELL!!"... (Shows house aquarium drawing on phone screen)... hilarious!
When I was a kid, if you wanted something switched on or off, you got off your arse and flicked the switch... :P
Don't know how I missed this, its great...cheers.
Nice low-tech device hack! Thank You for all the details.
Interesting as always!
Best use for devices like this one I've ever seen!
Very informative video. Thanks
That device is actually built really well, I see Rubycon caps yay!
Made in Poland, not China
I ❤️ your channel. Please show us how you reverse engineer and produce your wonderful schematics. How long does it take you to complete such a task?
2:37 was absolutely delightful!
The most detailed teardowns I've seen. Love the component info bubbles and detailed narration. I have learned much about SMPS listening to you.
Awesome 👌 explanation 👏👏👏👏
Useful video 👍
Awesome issue, Diode!
I enjoyed each words you spoke
Taoglas Antennas produce actually very good quality. We also use them in car OEM testing.
3:12 did you say no *childern* ? :D
I meant that you shouldn't leave children alone with this device :). Otherwise you may end up with no children :D.
DiodeGoneWild :D true
So it will not work as a contraceptive? Pity.
@@DiodeGoneWild no no he meant you pronounced children as childERn
@@DiodeGoneWild 😂😂😂
I freaking died when you tried explaining the function of flooding detection
12:42 "probably" 🤣. Just on this channel i can watch all videos without speeding up... One more nice video !
interesting circuitry and analysis
Ha ha... Loved the clamp meter accessory !!! Worth the money of the smart plug !! It's even smarter now 😂👌🏽
Anothee good video thanks bro!
Hahahaha! Awesome drawing of the flood😂😂😂
BloodyHell 😂
You crack me up dude
DiodeGoneWild so did AccentGoneWild ha-ha-ha
I wish they his videos would have close captioning to be able to turn the sound off, I've lost a couple of ribs from laughing. tsk-tsk
raffy turc 😂😂😂😂😂😂
2:32 I need to buy this!
I love your English pronunciation
we want to see you next videoo
I've see some Rubycon capacitor, and I think Its a very good construction :)
But I'm not sure for Poland, but in my country (France) the live pin is to the right and neutral at left(with respectively the wire colors are red/brown and blue), but in this circuitry Its the left side that is cutted-off by the relay, it can be less safely because load could be not isolated from live...
At least in Poland it's only a recommendation about where to put neutral/live because there's no way to make it work for typical double socket (where one of sockets is upside down).
Tauron is my electricity provider.
It is actually very good smart socket and I had fifteen of them. The thing is that they are actually very reasonable priced and in lot cases also useful
it's even harder to reverse engineer when they use polygon pours and buried vias in their circuits ... btw thanks a lot for your informative and entertaining videos :)))
LOL that diver with the Hobbit feet ;-)
Your translation was correct. It can tell you that your house turned into an aquarium
How do you properly reverse engineer a 4 layered PCB circuit? Excellent video, I enjoy these a lot!
Very Good Thanks
That Phone part got me bad ;D
😂😂 flooded house.. 2;43 👍👍 with fish n scuba gear..
BEST JOKE: That Flood Sensor
A very good insight to a new kind of buck regulator
Szacunek dla Pawła!
I'm from poland and u re right with this flood detector it basically tell u when some liquid is in house. I'm proud of them 😊 and first time I understand instruction no China letters haha
No
As far as i can tell it says that in this smart home lineup there is also a flood sensor
@@diyelectronics5537 I don't know but u can be right 😋
in germany we have something called tüv, it checks devices, and makes sure that they are safe, i think u would be the best tüv in existance
If Nobody mentions it the bridge rectifier on the switching power supply is a 4 pin smd component on the back
That was complicated, but also a great break down & reverse engineering with the explanation on it. Thanks for the Vid.
that was a cool circuit...
"beep beep beep! bloody hell!" they are covering their arses?" lol
LOL, another beautiful vlog.
Laugh at your smartphone drawn app.
It is a very complex piece of technology.
You are great!!😊 *Seriously!*😇
Looks like a decent device. Very complicated construction, i bet there are many production steps involved, so I guess it's not cheap. I like the new video format with part Numbers and pictures overlaid on the video. The datashet would be even better though. Thumbs up
It's insanely complicated. The person who designed this must have been crazy :). I'm not sure if it's 100% legal to show datasheets in the video (they are probably copyrighted). And showing datasheets of all those components in the video would take too much time and space. I decoded the topcodes for you, so you can find the datasheets easily yourself :).
DiodeGoneWild i don't know about the legal stuff, but the manufacturers share the datasheets on their websites for free. Im sure they would be glad to get some free advertising ;). On the other side Technically You are using their logo and trademarks and what not, so maybe You are right?
amazing amazing amazing video
I would say that the Power Offline SMPS is On Semi's NCP1014 ic...
Pozdrowienia z Polski. BTW nice construction,doesn’t look like cheap Chinese crap. I didn’t know it actually exists, looks like a bit of polish engineering, even has relay made by polish Relpol - company specialized in relays and things like that. P.s Tauron is the polish energy distributor.
great video plz tell me what's the value of inductors
Sockets with the earth pin (like the smart socket) are as far as I've saw used in france, throughout the benelux (holland/luxembourg/belgium), romania, many eastern european countries.
Well not in the Netherlands, and I'm not sure about if they use them everywhere in Belgium, but they definitely do in some parts. Belgium is not that big so it's probably whole Belgium anyways.
With the earth pin in center and not sideways in Romania?
I love your "no childern" 😂
Matashita (Panasonic) and Rubycon caps in such consumer product... insane. Looks well built
I also have a feeling that despite being overcomplicated, it's well built. Or actually, it WAS well built :D.
Just found your channel and sub'd.
One question: The 1.2K resistor protects the 5.1v Zener from over current, but what protects the LED inside the opto-coupler from over-current?
Shouldn't the resistor be in series with both diodes (LED + Zener)?
Hi can you do a episode aboute transistor how it work and how to read it data sheet please a cant understand it and your explanation is the best please😗
The quality of the device is quite good and the by looks of the whole device, the designer must be quite proficient. I wonder how much they sell these for.
It looks a lot mor complicaed than it needs to be tough.
Sadly, almost everything is more complicated than it needs to be those days...
Thanks for all Very Very very Good
Dear @diodegonewild
Can you explain why and what is the advantages of putting the switching chip floating instead of reference to ground? Thank you
3:46 and maybe it can measure the temperature of the wire which is getting red hot because you use it a 5000W ;)
Tauron is one of energy distributors in Poland not manufacturer of this device. Real manufacturer is shown at 3:06 KIC InnoEnergy Poland. Tauron only orders and sells such devices because they want to be more "green" and learn people how to save energy :) I think that smartphone app can be more connected with Tauron so can measure used energy and probably gives you the price too.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
You are good in polish language :D
14:15 Matsushita capacitor. Impressive.
Used in Bulgaria too!
Jesus Christ, how they stuff this power adaptor with so many things?
Amazing
It's not odd. the left inductor with the internal zener diode, will supply power to the chip, that will kind of increase the power efficiency.
Happy Diwali Diode Gone Wild and all other here :)