Programmable appliance controller
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1. An apparatus for control of an alternating current appliance, said apparatus being entirely resident within an appliance plug, said plug comprising power delivery conductors, and said apparatus comprising a programmable controller which is programmable exclusively through a plurality of the power delivery conductors.
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An apparatus and method for control of an alternating current appliance comprising locating in either an appliance plug or a plug-in module programmable control means and providing a plurality of electrical connections between the programmable control means and programming means.
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- 1. An apparatus for control of an alternating current appliance, said apparatus being entirely resident within an appliance plug, said plug comprising power delivery conductors, and said apparatus comprising a programmable controller which is programmable exclusively through a plurality of the power delivery conductors.
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17. A method for control of an alternating current appliance, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a programmable controller; providing an appliance plug; disposing the programmable controller within the appliance plug; providing a plurality of electrical power delivery conductors; programming the controller exclusively by applying one or more signals to two or more of the power delivery conductors. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for powering an electrical network comprising:
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a programmable controller comprising a microcontroller; and electrostatic discharge protection diodes internal to said microcontroller and excluding rectification elements of a DC power supply external to said microcontroller, each of said diodes paralleled by a MOSFET transistor that forms an alternative conducting path around each of said internal electrostatic discharge protection diodes; wherein said internal electrostatic discharge protection diodes provide a source of direct current for said microcontroller. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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