The Simple Renard Series

Introduction

THIS WIKI IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

THIS WIKI IS ABOUT THE SIMPLE RENARD SERIES OF CONTROLLERS, NOT THE SS SERIES OF CONTROLLERS

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SS SERIES OF BOARDS GO TO: SS24 SS16 SS8

The Simple Renard Series are a PIC microcontroller based Christmas light controllers with 16, 24 or 32 channels that connect to AC SSR's, DC SSR's or DC Floods. The board design is based on the PIC-based 8-port dimmer concept originally developed by Phil Short. Information on the original concept can be viewed here. Generic information pertaining to current Renard designs (including maximum channel count) can be found on the Renard wiki page.

The Simple Renard Series controllers are part of a design effort to standardize the board layouts for Renard based systems and to establish a standardized list of components to use in Renard designs.

• Common part list used for all boards. There are no special parts for any individual board, all the boards use the same components. The only thing different is the quantity used on each board.

• Common component layout on the board. With only a few exceptions, all the components on the boards are laid out in the same fashion.

• On-board LEDs for status of ZC, HB FE and TX/RX signals.

• Easier for a new member to build. By removing extra options from the board, now a member can just order the parts from the BOM and will be able to build the board without having to figure out which options/parts apply to their configuration.

• Easier to support. By having all the boards using the same parts and having the same component layout, it will be easier to provide support to DIYC members when they have problems or ask questions.

• Complete documentation. In the past, boards were created, designed, produced and distributed without much documentation to support them. Documentation was an afterthought and was slow to catch up, some never did or is hard to understand for new members. In the Renard SS design effort, the documentation was created at the same time as the boards so that when the boards were ready for release, the documentation was also ready.

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The Different type of Simple Renard Boards

Simple Renard RGB+W

Simple Renard RGB+W

Simple Renard 32 Combo

Simple Renard 32 Combo

Simple Renard LCC 16

Simple Renard 8

Board Availability

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