Controlling a YETOR Remote Control
Sorry for my lack of attention on this post. I'm not really mysterious, just off doing a lot of self-education and reading on electronics. Here is what I've done. I dismantled the Yetor thumb remote and mounted the circuit board onto a larger board, added some wires to the thumb remote and have it working with an Arduino and a sketch I wrote. I procured an SSR board described in this YouTube episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C2o0rXOXYE&amp;t=425s&amp;ab_channel=bigclivedotcom
I replaced the 1 Watt resistor on the board with a 2 Watt with half the ohms. I'm now looking at powering up the Arduino board when a 120 Volt potential is applied to the SSR board which then runs my sketch on the arduino. The SSR becomes a switch that allows a 5 Volt circuit to close and supply power to the Arduino. When the 120 Volt load is off on the SSR board the Arduino is shut off and ready for the next power-on cycle.