Raspberry Pi incorporation with tank?

[IzzyT3]

Not sure if this if the correct thread, but was wondering if anyone has used a Raspberry Pi or similar to control their tank or just monitor it?

I have a spare laying around and was going to hook a humidity sensor (for the entire room) up to it and was thinking of what else I could do. I know Apex and other brands have controllers and other expensive gadgets, but I want to tinker.

 

[TheEngineer]

Yep! @Ranjib is building an open source controller called ReefPi.

 

[TheEngineer]

Here’s the thread

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...ontroller-based-on-raspberry-pi.289256/unread

 

[Ranjib]

Thank you @TheEngineer :-)
@IzzyT3 reef-pi is an opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi, capable of doing powerstrip (AC equipment) control, daylight simulation (kessil and other LEDs), ph monitoring, temperature control and various other things. The thread @TheEngineer mentioned has detailed guides in the very first page, that should help you get started if you are interested. The thread itself is used for ongoing reef-pi development as well as any help others may need in their build process. Feel free to ask questions there or start a build thread or just use this thread to ask questions if you do decide to build a reef-pi controller or test it out. There are quite a few folks who have now reef-pi controllers so you'll surely get help if you seek, just tag #reefpi

 

[Diamond1]

I'm in the process of building one using reef-pi from @Ranjib 's design and I love it. It's not complete as of now but it is capable of running most functions on my tank.
My reef-pi build thread:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-pi-build.482170/
It's been a lot of fun to build this and the community support is stellar.

 

[IzzyT3]

Thank you @TheEngineer & @Ranjib . I didn't even think to search for it. I'm going to build one for sure and will have lots of questions along the way.