Does anyone know of a _smart_ DC power strip?

[richiev]

I have so many dc power supplies in my cabinet. I could consolidate a bunch of them to a single brick with a dc splitter, but then I lose the ability to control individual outputs. What I realllllly want is a device that gives me DC output with individual smart controls. Triple bonus points if I can set the voltage of individual outlets.

Anyone ever heard of such a thing? It would save me so much space and clean up my setup extraordinarily.

 

[richiev]

Coralvue's hydros ecosystem continues to impress me. Seems much more logical and further along than Apex: https://www.coralvue.com/blog/the-h...ers-the-control-xd-control-x10-and-the-kraken

Almost what I want, but I need smart home control of the outlets.

 

[Marcus H]

The kraken doesn't let you control the ports? I thought that was the point.

 

[richiev]

The kraken doesn't let you control the ports? I thought that was the point.

It does, but not controllable via standard smart home things (afaict). If it's not Google home or Matter compatible, I don't consider it smart. Generally I hate having these things tied down to aquarium specific interfaces. The ideal controller IMO would be software running on commodity hardware providing an aquarium focused UX on top of standard smart home things.

I have a pipe dream of building an aquarium controller where the inputs are various devices acting as Matter inputs, the outputs are Matter outputs, it's all connected wirelessly via a Thread mesh, and it all shows up in Homekit/Google home/Home Assistant.

There's already Matter standard APIs for lights (including color & dimming), outlets (including DC with varied voltage), pumps, fans, thermostats, sensory inputs (including temperature, ph, and various others), leak detectors, .... I hope the time of aquarium specific versions of all this stuff is coming to an end.

 

[Marcus H]

Umm... Isn't matter standard like brand new? Pretty sure one of the first 5 devices that works on it isn't going to be a reef controller.

 

[richiev]

Umm... Isn't matter standard like brand new? Pretty sure one of the first 5 devices that works on it isn't going to be a reef controller.

Correct, which is why I'm asking if there's any that are generally available for smart home controls and not limiting it to Matter.