LSC Smart Connect Smart Power Strip teardown. Bought one on 2024-10-10 at Action.
This is a bit of a nasty power strip, because it has screws without a recess, i.e. no phillips, pozidriv, hex or whatever - they look like a nail! Also, the screws are sunk 10mm deep in the housing, so you can't use your pliers to turn them - the opening is way too small.
So a teardown is, unfortunately, not doable with regular tools, I had to be creative.
Luckily, the local Hornbach had a "spanhuls" (Dutch) or "Spannstift" (German) with the right diameter to enclose these nasty screws:
Here is how to remove the screws:
After that, a rather straightforward CB3S module can be found. You can program it in situ with a USB to serial programmer:
This is a bit of a nasty power strip, because it has screws without a recess, i.e. no phillips, pozidriv, hex or whatever - they look like a nail! Also, the screws are sunk 10mm deep in the housing, so you can't use your pliers to turn them - the opening is way too small.
So a teardown is, unfortunately, not doable with regular tools, I had to be creative.
Luckily, the local Hornbach had a "spanhuls" (Dutch) or "Spannstift" (German) with the right diameter to enclose these nasty screws:
Here is how to remove the screws:
After that, a rather straightforward CB3S module can be found. You can program it in situ with a USB to serial programmer:
{
"vendor": "LSC",
"bDetailed": "0",
"name": "LSC Smart Power Strip 3202887 Action 3680W",
"model": "LSC Smart Power Strip",
"chip": "BK7231N",
"board": "CB3S",
"flags": "0",
"keywords": [
"power strip",
"relay",
"switch"
],
"pins": {
"6": "Rel;2",
"7": "Rel;3",
"8": "Rel;4",
"10": "Btn_Tgl_All;0",
"14": "Rel;1",
"23": "WifiLED_n;0"
},
"image": "https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/8471866500_1728724279.jpg",
}
