Anyone into arduino based controllers?

oceans garden aquaculture · Mar 11, 2020

Arduino Project Hub

create.arduino.cc

southerntnreefer · Mar 11, 2020

I just bought and have been studying reef angel which is based on this code.

oceans garden aquaculture · Mar 11, 2020

I think it looks like a cool project. I'm getting ready to start a build and I'm weighing options. Any input on the topic is greatly appreciated.

southerntnreefer · Mar 11, 2020

reefs4less said:
I think it looks like a cool project. I'm getting ready to start a build and I'm weighing options. Any input on the topic is greatly appreciated.

I love how its open source, and can do alot more than the "closed loop" systems etc. Its really cool. Im sure in a few months when i dive in to get my tank programmed etc ill have more to say, but definitely check out the reef angel forums, as theres a ton of great people coding over there.

NeonRabbit221B · Mar 11, 2020

I prefer Reef-pi based setups but my first controller was arduino based to simply help control my heaters.

Bigtrout · Mar 11, 2020

REEF-Pi for the win! Outstanding controller. Great community help. Whats not to like?

oceans garden aquaculture · Mar 12, 2020

Honestly that d

Bigtrout said:
REEF-Pi for the win! Outstanding controller. Great community help. Whats not to like?

Honestly doesn't sound very frustrating. UNACCEPTABLE!

Bigtrout · Mar 12, 2020

reefs4less said:
Honestly that d

Honestly doesn't sound very frustrating. UNACCEPTABLE!

Im running a freshwater planted tank with a 10 dollar pi zero w loaded with raspian headless and reef pi. 4 channels of pwm for lighting. 8 controlled outlets. 2 heaters controlled by accurate temp sensors. I have an additional temp sensor for room temp. A ph probe and soon to be a good ATO added. Reef pi handles it great. Ive been using it for a year without a hitch.

Reef pi has a web iu for access and you can also set up adafruit i/o or prometheus for graphing and control.

John Smith · May 5, 2020

NeonRabbit221B,
I have built a controller similar to Reef-pi but based on Arduino. I can share the codes and the how-to if you are still interested.

peterj66 · May 5, 2020

I’m building a combination of Raspberry PI and Arduino IoT. All control parts are arduino based and the web part will be done with the PI. So far the dosing pump is ready and im working on the alkalinity measurement part. Its not the cheapest way to build but since each part will be standalone and talk to the PI over bluetooth its easily expandable and changing the code of one part or adding more units will not affect the operation of the others. When alkalinity is done, I think I will replace the controller for my tank and sump lights and maybe add features like temperature and pH control.

NeonRabbit221B · May 5, 2020

John Smith said:
NeonRabbit221B,
I have built a controller similar to Reef-pi but based on Arduino. I can share the codes and the how-to if you are still interested.

Yes please! You have a repo setup?

peterj66 said:
I’m building a combination of Raspberry PI and Arduino IoT. All control parts are arduino based and the web part will be done with the PI. So far the dosing pump is ready and im working on the alkalinity measurement part. Its not the cheapest way to build but since each part will be standalone and talk to the PI over bluetooth its easily expandable and changing the code of one part or adding more units will not affect the operation of the others. When alkalinity is done, I think I will replace the controller for my tank and sump lights and maybe add features like temperature and pH control.

I have thought about using particle boards for this. Nice concept!

John Smith · May 5, 2020

My setup is very compact. I use a box from a old motorola modem 6"x6"x2" which I cut a window for the LCD (1st pic). The 2nd pic is my previous version but very close to what is running now.
Components:
1. Arduino nano controller is attached to the bread board
2. LCD 20 columns x 4 rows on top
3. 8-channel relay for turning on/of what ever device you have. I am running 2 lights, 2 cooling fans, 4 solenoids for top-off
4. DS18B20 water temp sensor is attached to the black lead.
5. The white rectangular piece on upper right corner is the DHT22 air temp and humidity sensor
6. Below it is the DS3231 real time clock
7. The tiny black dot on the upper left corner of the bread board is the infrared sensor used to control the device with a remote control but I have replaced it with a bluetooth device and control it with an Android app with my Samsung phone.
I hope you have at least some basic experience in electronics, electrical and C++ coding.

John Smith · May 5, 2020

I don't have a repo setup.
I can just email you the codes file which also has detail explanations.

oceans garden aquaculture · May 6, 2020

John Smith said:
My setup is very compact. I use a box from a old motorola modem 6"x6"x2" which I cut a window for the LCD (1st pic). The 2nd pic is my previous version but very close to what is running now.
Components:
1. Arduino nano controller is attached to the bread board
2. LCD 20 columns x 4 rows on top
3. 8-channel relay for turning on/of what ever device you have. I am running 2 lights, 2 cooling fans, 4 solenoids for top-off
4. DS18B20 water temp sensor is attached to the black lead.
5. The white rectangular piece on upper right corner is the DHT22 air temp and humidity sensor
6. Below it is the DS3231 real time clock
7. The tiny black dot on the upper left corner of the bread board is the infrared sensor used to control the device with a remote control but I have replaced it with a bluetooth device and control it with an Android app with my Samsung phone.
I hope you have at least some basic experience in electronics, electrical and C++ coding.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Awesome!

John Smith · May 6, 2020

Bear with me. I am learning how to create a repository in Github.

John Smith · May 6, 2020

I have uploaded EcolibriumReef in Github. Check it out and give me some feedback. I'll try to create a help file.

John Smith · May 9, 2020

NeonRabbit221B said:
Yes please! You have a repo setup?

I have thought about using particle boards for this. Nice concept!

reefs4less said:
This is exactly what I was looking for. Awesome!

A have created a new thread to introduce EcolibriumReef. There are two parts:
EcolibriumReef-Arduino controller
EcolibriumReef-Android remote control
Both are posted and should be visible on GitHub today.