reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[Ranjib]

WOW

Things are moving along Quickly in here.. I have been Way over busy at work and then LAST Saturday my Tank sprung a Leak.. We now have a Brand new 220 gallon tank on a Brand new Built in stand , Drilled and new Overflow box installed today.. I will soon be back to working on the Reef Controller. This coming week or next weekend .

Hope everyone is well

Erica Renee

Hey @Erica-Renee , glad to see ya back in the thread.
Yeah , prepping up for final 2.0 release, the ui has changed a lot , thanks to @Michael Lane and @Zekth . And I’m half way through publishing the guided in adafruit :-)

Looking forward for your 220 build thread , should be awesome

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

@Ranjib for the power controller, what wire did you use to go from the buck converter to the pi-hat? Did you strip, and tip some normal wire with female jumper tips, or did you use some long jumper I failed to order?

 

[pickupman66]

My lights are non-dimming T5s, so i can't use the light control, but where would the second temperature probe go?

All temp probes use same circuit. They are self identifying. Here are my three connected together.

 

[b4tn]

Godspeed

Was there a reason you used two separate units for the doser and the power/ATO/temp unit?

 

[pickupman66]

Cheers guys. And yes. Beer helps

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib for the power controller, what wire did you use to go from the buck converter to the pi-hat? Did you strip, and tip some normal wire with female jumper tips, or did you use some long jumper I failed to order?

I use female female jumper wires to connect them. I solder male header pins on both pi hat and lm2596 module for connections

 

[Ranjib]

Was there a reason you used two separate units for the doser and the power/ATO/temp unit?

Doser module was built after the power controller.
I personally don’t see a lot of benefits clubbing all the modules together , particularly if they are not related (I.e. I don’t need to control them together , or have some feedback etc )
There is also a challenge of making a more complicated power supply unit for such setup . But I do expect to combine them in future

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib for the power controller, what wire did you use to go from the buck converter to the pi-hat? Did you strip, and tip some normal wire with female jumper tips, or did you use some long jumper I failed to order?

It’s exactly what you are thinking, I use jumper wire and tin their ends

 

[Michael Lane]

@Joseph Lim I just pushed an experimental deployment to heroku at http://reef-pi.herokuapp.com that you can take a look at. In fact, it's open to everyone, so be careful not to enter any sensitive information. It's using default credentials of reef-pi/reef-pi. reef-pi isn't designed for multiple concurrent users, so it will be interesting to see if there are any weird side-effects. I'll probably also try to get it to reset on a regular basis.
I haven't used heroku before, so there may be unexpected problems, but it seems to work so far.

 

[Joseph Lim]

@Joseph Lim I just pushed an experimental deployment to heroku at http://reef-pi.herokuapp.com that you can take a look at. In fact, it's open to everyone, so be careful not to enter any sensitive information. It's using default credentials of reef-pi/reef-pi. reef-pi isn't designed for multiple concurrent users, so it will be interesting to see if there are any weird side-effects. I'll probably also try to get it to reset on a regular basis.
I haven't used heroku before, so there may be unexpected problems, but it seems to work so far.

@Michael Lane i just tried the website you mentioned. Everything is blank. Is it ok to add some stuff and try to familiarize myself with the UI of the software. I wont be chnaging anything in the configuration section.

 

[Michael Lane]

@Michael Lane i just tried the website you mentioned. Everything is blank. Is it ok to add some stuff and try to familiarize myself with the UI of the software. I wont be chnaging anything in the configuration section.

Yep. Go ahead and try whatever you like. Feel free to add connectors and stuff to the configuration.
I'll probably get it to reset itself every couple of days anyway.

 

[Ranjib]

@DirtDiggler2823 how it went ?

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

@DirtDiggler2823 how it went ?

@ranjib I'm still waiting on the 12v power plug to come in from amazon, so i haven't powered it on to test quite yet. I have to tin together some jumpers to give the buck converter some space as well. No bad though. The mount for the chip had 10 pairs instead of 9 pairs, but worst case is i solder directly to those if i need them.

 

[Ranjib]

@ranjib I'm still waiting on the 12v power plug to come in from amazon, so i haven't powered it on to test quite yet. I have to tin together some jumpers to give the buck converter some space as well. No bad though. The mount for the chip had 10 pairs instead of 9 pairs, but worst case is i solder directly to those if i need them.

That should be fine. It’s hard to get ic socket with exactly 18pins. I had bought a pack of ic sockets that I am using for past three years

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

That should be fine. It’s hard to get ic socket with exactly 18pins. I had bought a pack of ic sockets that I am using for past three years

Figured as much. I ordered what was linked on the adafruit site, and I've made a living off of improvising, so this is no big deal at all. I've been posting my progress on the build as a whole on here and FB, and people are taking interest in the reef-pi.

 

[Ranjib]

Too much tech stuff.. time to balance the thread with some coral macro

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

Too much tech stuff.. time to balance the thread with some coral macro

Zoas?

 

[Ranjib]

Zoas?

Yeah, eagle eye

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I've been studying

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

Any value in salinity monitoring? Would this work?

DFRobot Analog Electrical Conductivity Meter (With Temperature Compensation) - DIY Maker Open Source BOOOLE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B0K1D9K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_aW0UBbKD9QW2Z