Patent ID: 7574285

Claim:
An expandable irrigation controller for controlling a plurality of watering stations in an irrigation system comprises: a removable front panel, the removable front panel comprising: a plurality of manual controls operable to input instructions for a watering program; a memory operable to store the input instructions; and a controller operable to execute the watering program; and an inner housing, connected to the front panel, the inner housing comprising: a circuit board including control connectors which are connected electrically to the controller; and a station module operable to provide an ON/OFF signal to at least one watering station of the irrigation system, wherein the station module is electrically connected to the circuit board via the control connectors and the ON/OFF signal is provided based on instructions from the controller in accordance with the watering program, and wherein the control connectors are positioned in a substantially continuous line extending across the inner housing such that the station module is connectable to the control connectors at substantially any desired location.