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

[bishoptf]

On the ViaSpectra adapter, JLCPCB had some internal issues, so their 3 day assembly has turned into about 7 days, but things are moving now:

Thats way faster than pcbway, they are saying due to the upcoming holidays it will be February until I will see the boards. Will post here when I have more information and will send you one to do a comparison of the work, will be interesting to see how they differ or which ones actually work, lol. :)

 

[theatrus]

Chinese New Year is coming up, and availability around this period can get very rocky (usually, from past experience when I did actual volume product in China a decade+ ago, nearly half the staff turns over for factories).

 

[bishoptf]

Chinese New Year is coming up, and availability around this period can get very rocky (usually, from past experience when I did actual volume product in China a decade+ ago, nearly half the staff turns over for factories).

Yeah they had banners up on the ordering page about it so at least they gave plenty of notice but if they do turn yours around in that short of a time period and cheaper to boot that will be pretty slick. Let us know how it continues to proceed, I want to have some of his goby boards made but unable to find his latest gerbers, but waiting to see how these come out to see which one does a better job before doing those.

 

[theatrus]

Yeah they had banners up on the ordering page about it so at least they gave plenty of notice but if they do turn yours around in that short of a time period and cheaper to boot that will be pretty slick. Let us know how it continues to proceed, I want to have some of his goby boards made but unable to find his latest gerbers, but waiting to see how these come out to see which one does a better job before doing those.

The trick with JLCPCB is to stay within their parts catalog: https://jlcpcb.com/parts/

They've slowly lifted restrictions (e.g. can do hand soldering now for connectors) but a huge pain in assembly services is ordering parts and then prepping them for the pick and place machines. JLC basically has a stock catalog of parts on reels already on feeders (the basic parts), and a library of parts they're willing to load into feeders if need be (at a fee per part). Since they already are under the same umbrella as a distribution company (LCSC) they simplified some of the purchasing step, that is if its stock. PCBWay is happy to order anything, make more than 30 parts, etc, where as JLC is more "only this, no exceptions"

 

[bishoptf]

The trick with JLCPCB is to stay within their parts catalog: https://jlcpcb.com/parts/

They've slowly lifted restrictions (e.g. can do hand soldering now for connectors) but a huge pain in assembly services is ordering parts and then prepping them for the pick and place machines. JLC basically has a stock catalog of parts on reels already on feeders (the basic parts), and a library of parts they're willing to load into feeders if need be (at a fee per part). Since they already are under the same umbrella as a distribution company (LCSC) they simplified some of the purchasing step, that is if its stock. PCBWay is happy to order anything, make more than 30 parts, etc, where as JLC is more "only this, no exceptions"

Thats really good to know, thanks for sharing the information. I am new to this world and trying to learn what I can and this helps for sure. :)

 

[GaryE]

Fyi, Adafruit has RPi 4 2gb in stock.

I ordered 2 tonight...



UPDATE*** you are too late, out of stock again..

 

[bishoptf]

Fyi, Adafruit has RPi 4 2gb in stock.

I ordered 2 tonight...

Those are nice units but I find myself using more and more zero's and now with the zero 2's even better. :)

 

[bishoptf]

@robsworld78 made some more updates/changes to the install script...send you a PM, let me know what you think.

 

[robsworld78]

Looks like these guys just got some more Pi Zero 2 W's, sucks you can only buy 1 per order though, their last batch they allowed two.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Building on the success of the current Zero family, Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is built around a Raspberry Pi-designed System-in-Package, whichintegrates the BCM2710A1 die used in Raspberry Pi 3 with 512MB ofRAM. Key features: • 1GHz qu

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[GaryE]

Those are nice units but I find myself using more and more zero's and now with the zero 2's even better. :)

If you can tell me where I can find them, I'd buy them... They seem to be made from unobtainium...

 

[GaryE]

If you can tell me where I can find them, I'd buy them... They seem to be made from unobtainium...

reading is hard

 

[GaryE]

Looks like these guys just got some more Pi Zero 2 W's, sucks you can only buy 1 per order though, their last batch they allowed two.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Building on the success of the current Zero family, Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is built around a Raspberry Pi-designed System-in-Package, whichintegrates the BCM2710A1 die used in Raspberry Pi 3 with 512MB ofRAM. Key features: • 1GHz qu

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Shipping is a bit salty...

 

[bishoptf]

If you can tell me where I can find them, I'd buy them... They seem to be made from unobtainium...

I get mine from a local microcenter, they used to have really cheap pi's. I was purchasing the older version pi zero w without a header for $5ea. I just picked up a couple of zero 2 but they were selling for the normal price of $15ea and limit you to one per customer, usually take my wife though and get 2. Hoping at some point the supply opens up and they will let you purchase more than that at one time, but crazy times right now.

 

[GaryE]

the closest Micro Center to me is in Cincinnati, so it's a weekend trip. They were out last weekend of everything raspberry pi

 

[GaryE]

Looks like these guys just got some more Pi Zero 2 W's, sucks you can only buy 1 per order though, their last batch they allowed two.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Building on the success of the current Zero family, Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is built around a Raspberry Pi-designed System-in-Package, whichintegrates the BCM2710A1 die used in Raspberry Pi 3 with 512MB ofRAM. Key features: • 1GHz qu

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These are also again out of stock....

 

[psxnet]

Hi everyone,

I have just built (today) a reef-pi and initially just a thermometer which I am testing.
All is working fine and until a few minutes ago I could log in without issues, but unfortunetly I changed the 0.0.0.0:80 network setting to what I thought would allow me to log via an external connection, but it doesnt, and it now wont connect by the .local command!

Can anyone tell me where to find the file that stores the settings that I can alter please, and I promise not to mess about with it again :)

Thanks.

 

[bishoptf]

Hi everyone,

I have just built (today) a reef-pi and initially just a thermometer which I am testing.
All is working fine and until a few minutes ago I could log in without issues, but unfortunetly I changed the 0.0.0.0:80 network setting to what I thought would allow me to log via an external connection, but it doesnt, and it now wont connect by the .local command!

Can anyone tell me where to find the file that stores the settings that I can alter please, and I promise not to mess about with it again :)

Thanks.

See if this will get you back to working, you will need to SSH to the rpi and do the commands mentioned in the post...https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-pi-5-0-release-announcement.874824/post-9764873

 

[AquaKey]

@Ranjib - is there a way to connect multiple reefpi together instead of managing them separately? Thinking of having a reefpi control the tank inside the house and another in the garage for the mixing station. Thanks!

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib - is there a way to connect multiple reefpi together instead of managing them separately? Thinking of having a reefpi control the tank inside the house and another in the garage for the mixing station. Thanks!

Nope not right now . This was planned and I had started working on it, but we have not been able to pull it off. I still have plan to do it , but not sure if it will be this year or sometime later

 

[psxnet]

See if this will get you back to working, you will need to SSH to the rpi and do the commands mentioned in the post...https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-pi-5-0-release-announcement.874824/post-9764873

Many thanks for that, I'm at work at the moment but will have a go when I get home.
I did look at that file yesterday as I saw in the setup notes that it could be copied as a backup, but I didn't search through it!