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Think of them as Legos.I just think more parts/converters then more possible failures are possible.
Think of them as Legos.I just think more parts/converters then more possible failures are possible.
I see it like this...I just think more parts/converters then more possible failures are possible.
The SSR's only run the 120v pumps that draw I think 8W. The SSR's are only rated for 2amps...thats why I swapped 2 of the 4 out for 5amp relays...didn't pay attention when I bought them and my lights pull about 3.5amps so they fried after about a day...lolMuch heat coming off those solid state relays? I was thinking about those instead of relays but was concerned about the heat when carrying a 15A load. The ones I considered required large heat sinks.
I understand.I can do converters and so on and know how it all works and fix what ever goes wrong, but if I make one for my semi-dumb cousin that just wants to grow and something fails then I'm the one fixing it for him, but if I keep parts simple and limit it to a minimum then he may be able to just replace a simple board here or there if need be.
I just wouldn't want him to be replacing parts until it worked...it could get costly.
I'd post mine, but its a mess still...lolI’ll be honest way to many posts and so much information to fully read through however I’d love to see some of the codes you guys are running
Oh I know I will for sure. I bought 2 tiny cameras that run at 3.3 and the little bit of reading I have done on them says they run at 3.3...so when I get to them I'm sure its either buy more/new or use converters...lol
Welcome @ToFarGone , we've just begun... and eventually I will get to coding.I’ll be honest way to many posts and so much information to fully read through however I’d love to see some of the codes you guys are running
So are parts of mine.I'd post mine, but its a mess still...lol
Not sure what you mean. I'm using a RTC (real time clock) shield that runs from a 2032 battery if power goes out.So are parts of mine.
We need to talk about time and how it's handled on the various microcontrollers, SOCs (System On Chip)
and SBCs (Single Board Computer).
YIKES...I find just the Arduino IDE takes enough of my time...lolI'm working with five Arduino IDE, C/C++, programs on the four ESP8266s and an ESP32, and one Python program on the Pi. I'm running the Pi as a MQTT broker/server and Node-RED to tie everything together.
I'm tryig to keep mine simple as well.I had a crazy, over-developed system that I made with arduinos as remote sensor controllers and a pi as the head using SQL for communication between them all. User variables were set using a control and monitoring website. Controlled EC, pH, water pumps, fans, co2, IR (for phytochrome manipulation), UV, auto switched to flower mode at a user set interval, logged all data every minute, etc. Worked great but was way overkill.
I made a new, simpler system that only controls temp, rh and co2. My lights are now controlled with a standard timer and no more phytochrome manipulation. UV is on as long as the lights are on. Gone organic, so watering is ro using blumats. Less is sometimes more.
What sensors are you running for the grow room environment? I played with quite a few but settled on the K30 for co2 and the sht-31 for temp/RH.
I'm using a DHT22 for temperature and humidity, and a DFRobot Gravity: Analog Infrared CO2 Sensor. I'm using capacitive soil sensors. In progress is adding a PZEM-004T-R3 to each outlet box to track electrical consumption.What sensors are you running for the grow room environment? I played with quite a few but settled on the K30 for co2 and the sht-31 for temp/RH.
I'm retired... and my system is simple, ESP8266s instead of Arduinos.I find just the Arduino IDE takes enough of my time