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Been lurking, reading the entire reef pi thread and decided that reef pi would be perfect for controlling my 75g freshwater planted tank.
My plan is to use reef pi to control outlets to my 3 canisters(soon to be a 40 breeder sump), my 2 heaters, and my 2 led fixtures. When I finish and install my sump, I want to use the ATO features as a failsafe for my return pump because this tank is established and I am going with a HOB overflow because I cant drill.
Mrs. Santa was given a list with options if she couldnt find or get something, and Mrs. Santa came through. Heres a list of my starting items:
A raspberry pi zero w with 16gb card and 5v 2.5 a power supply
An 8 channel, 5v relay to switch my outlets.
2-- 3 meter waterproof ds18b20 sensors.
Mike Lane's reef pi hat(which has everything i want to implement prebuilt)
Jst connectors to match the pi hat for my sensors
A bunch of dupont jumpers
A 7"×5"×3" black project case
And last but not least, a new Weller WSC-100 soldering station!
I want to keep the power seperated from the rest of the control, so Im now deciding on the american dj power bar or using the 8 channel relay in a four gang box with the outlets and connecting that with a db9 cable.
My other decision is power supplies. I could use a few walwarts, but my 2 led lights run from 2 seperate 15v 4amp walwarts. I may just get one meanwell 15v 10 amp supply and use lm2596 buck converters to get my 12v and 5 v, or i may use a seperate small meanwell for each voltage. Any opinions there?
Just need some time to boot up the pi and get cracking!
My plan is to use reef pi to control outlets to my 3 canisters(soon to be a 40 breeder sump), my 2 heaters, and my 2 led fixtures. When I finish and install my sump, I want to use the ATO features as a failsafe for my return pump because this tank is established and I am going with a HOB overflow because I cant drill.
Mrs. Santa was given a list with options if she couldnt find or get something, and Mrs. Santa came through. Heres a list of my starting items:
A raspberry pi zero w with 16gb card and 5v 2.5 a power supply
An 8 channel, 5v relay to switch my outlets.
2-- 3 meter waterproof ds18b20 sensors.
Mike Lane's reef pi hat(which has everything i want to implement prebuilt)
Jst connectors to match the pi hat for my sensors
A bunch of dupont jumpers
A 7"×5"×3" black project case
And last but not least, a new Weller WSC-100 soldering station!
I want to keep the power seperated from the rest of the control, so Im now deciding on the american dj power bar or using the 8 channel relay in a four gang box with the outlets and connecting that with a db9 cable.
My other decision is power supplies. I could use a few walwarts, but my 2 led lights run from 2 seperate 15v 4amp walwarts. I may just get one meanwell 15v 10 amp supply and use lm2596 buck converters to get my 12v and 5 v, or i may use a seperate small meanwell for each voltage. Any opinions there?
Just need some time to boot up the pi and get cracking!