HARDENED LOCAL-FIRST APPLIANCE • US 1–4 GANG COMPLIANT

The in-wall smart home console done right.

Replaces standard 1-to-4 gang light switch boxes with an architectural touchscreen appliance. Zero cloud bloat. Instant local execution. Deterministic sub-50ms touch-to-light response.

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<50ms Touch-to-light latency
1–4 Gang Drop-in NEMA junction box fit
100% LAN Zero cloud dependency
Read-Only Hardened Linux SquashFS
SCONCED // v0.1-RC
PORT: 7420 • HUE CLIP v2 SSE • SONOS • HA
12:00:00
BOOT SPLASH // ON-DEVICE RECORDING
[SYSTEM] mDNS Hue bridge discovered at 192.168.1.42 • Event stream locked
TOUCH → CONFIRM: 26ms

The First Clean Solution for US 1–4 Gang Boxes

Brilliant failed because it couldn't scale cleanly across US construction standards. Shelly only fits round European boxes. Sconce was engineered mechanically from day one to replace 1, 2, 3, or 4 standard toggle/rocker switches.

OFFICE APPLIANCE
1-GANG COMPACT ARCHITECTURE

Single Box High-Density Replacement

Replaces a single standard toggle or Decora switch with a razor-sharp portrait touch console. Perfect for bedrooms, entryways, and hallways where space is tight but full room mastery is required.

Junction Box: Standard US 1-Gang NEMA
Drywall Work: Zero (Fits existing opening)
High-Voltage Base: Detachable 2-piece power base
Relay Outputs: 1× 15A solid-state relay
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Two-piece mechanical architecture: The high-voltage power base mounts safely inside the junction box first. The glass faceplate docks magnetically with zero wire strain.

Test the In-Wall Experience Right Now

Experience the exact glassmorphic UI running on Sconce. Tap any switch or drag a dimmer to witness deterministic local response times in action.

Living Room
7:42 PM
Main Chandelier ON • 85%
Wall Sconces ON • 60%
Reading Lamp OFF
Pendant Island ON • 100%
CHANDELIER BRIGHTNESS 85%
Haiku Big Ass Fan® SPEED 4 • FORWARD
Hunter Douglas PowerView Gen 3 Living Room Dual Shades (40% Open)
Solar Sailer Daft Punk • TRON: Legacy
Living Room Sonos Arc
TRACE ACK {"trace_id":"t-9042","sent_at":"11:42:01.120","vendor_confirmed_at":"11:42:01.144","roundtrip_ms":24}
24ms TARGET <50ms

Built Like a Hardened Network Appliance

Smart home panels have failed because vendors slapped cheap Android tablets on walls and routed commands through distant AWS servers. Sconce is built like industrial networking gear.

Sconce

The Appliance Standard
Read-Only Linux (SquashFS)

Instantaneous cold boot. Impossible to corrupt on power loss. Zero background junk, Google Play bloat, or thermal throttling.

Deterministic <50ms Response

Every touch command is dispatched over local CLIP v2 SSE or local LAN WebSockets with a trace ID. Zero internet roundtrips.

US 1–4 Gang Modular Power Base

Detachable 2-piece design mounts flush in any standard single or multi-gang US junction box. No custom wall butchering.

Open Local WebSocket API

One unified WebSocket on localhost:7420 is both the UI renderer contract and the open API for Home Assistant & power users.

100% Offline Autonomy

If your ISP goes down, the entire house remains 100% controllable. Zero cloud account required to flip a light switch.

Brilliant & Android Panels

The Legacy Failure
Android OS Bloatware

Heavy Android runtimes that suffer memory leaks, thermal throttling inside enclosed wall boxes, and slow 60-second boots.

1,500ms – 3,000ms Cloud Latency

Taps travel up to AWS servers and back down. If the cloud integration hiccup occurs, switches become unresponsive bricks.

Proprietary / Incomplete Box Fit

Requires bizarre wall cutouts, custom electrical adapters, or only supports European round junction boxes (Shelly).

Locked Walled Gardens

Proprietary closed protocols, discontinued cloud backends, and subscription paywalls for basic smart home features.

Cloud Dependent Brick Risk

No internet? The panel loses device state, drops connections, and leaves you standing in the dark.

Zero-Cloud Native Protocols

Direct local discovery over mDNS and persistent local socket event streams.

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Philips Hue CLIP v2

Local mDNS pairing with persistent SSE event stream. Instantaneous touch-to-illumination.

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Home Assistant

Peer integration over local WebSocket subscribe_events. Controls any HA entity without cloud relays.

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Sonos Sound

Local UPnP discovery and event subscription. Volume, playback, and whole-house grouping.

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Big Ass Fans

Local protocol control for Haiku and I6 fans, Whoosh® breeze generation, and companion lighting.

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Hunter Douglas

PowerView Gen 3 local gateway integration for motorized architectural shades.

Matter & Thread

Direct local device commission seam for next-generation unified home automation.

Be First to Replace Your Switch Banks

We are assembling the first manufacturing run of Sconce 1-to-4 gang consoles. Early access includes priority hardware allocation, developer documentation, and direct access to the firmware engineering team.

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