The Renard 16 is a PIC microcontroller based Christmas light controller with 16 solid state relay circuits incorporated into the board. Dave (Xmus) designed the board based on the PIC-based 8-port dimmer concept originally developed by Phil Short. Information on the original concept can be viewed here. Generinc information pertaining to current Renard designs (including maximum channel count) can be found on the Renard wiki page.

A lot of great information on the Renard 16 can be found on Dave's website located here. The manual that Dave put together is very informative and a must read for anybody wanting to use the Renard 16. This page is not intended to replace Dave’s manual but is instead meant to present the basic info necessary to get a Renard 16 up-and-running.

Circuit Description

Board Layout

Theory of Operation