Programmable PC Envrioment for growcase.

So I been debating building an environment controllable PC grow box. Yes. You heard me. I am looking at my design and was wondering if anyone had some thoughts/advice.

Here is my design.

Ask 433mhz Transmitter/Rcvr connected to pc grow box case. This will also be connect to a micro processor for info from chips

Microprocessor connects to Lumen detector. PV cell?, temperature humidity, and fan speeds, light system.

Reports connection to custom made software over wifi/radio/blue tooth?.


I haven't done much wifi electronics from scratch, but I was wondering the following things. I am ok at electronics but this is above the classes ive taken.

1) How do you actually connect a simple chip such as a light cell or a temp chip and get it to read data through the microcontroller and get it to go through the wifi?

2) How do you control this, ie make lights programmable over wifi? Stop or turn up fan?

3) Is it possible to have this done in less than a nano atx space?

Any other thoughts? Improvements

you could use a micro formfactor pc with a atom/ or low end via processor, boot into linux/windows with a SSD and use that through wifi/ethernet to control relays through a custom serial interface. ive been looking into making a computer controller with one of these:


http://www.mini-box.com/Jetway-Versa-J7F4K1G5D?sc=8&category=99

Bump, also curious. .