So, this is the pi "hat" then?
Yes sir it is. @wykat did a great job designing this. It's very easy to populate so far.
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So, this is the pi "hat" then?
I had mine come from china, jlcpcb 2 weeks to my door for like $20.Very nice where are these done through so I may order my own? OSHpark?
Well I ordered 10 of them. Since 10 was the same price as 5. So if anyone wants one......
Its all good my man. I spent 26 bucks with 3-4 day DHL shipping for 10. Much better than OSH park. I got em in black as well.Missed you was just getting ready to send you a pm as I had one left.
Guess if I had read a couple posts down, would have seen the assembly guide! DOH!Yes sir it is. @wykat did a great job designing this. It's very easy to populate so far.
I am in the ordering process of building a reef-pi with the initial goal of controlling lighting with a power control unit but with the intention of expanding in the future. My tank is only 4 weeks old so I have awhile til I need dosing pumps, etc. Following along and great build thread!
@Diamond1 Hey man so the optical sensor you are using...how reliable is it? I was thinking tonight about the ability to add in a flow meter have the PI read from it when the ATO pump kicks on. In case of sensor failure then flow meter would allow PI to know how much is being put into the tank.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/828
Ok thank you sir. Just thinking about redundancy.
Looking good! A soldering station is huge jump up from a standard soldering iron.I'm still trying to figure out how i want to do the uln2803 to relay connections from the pi hat. I'm leaning towards just using wires into a terminal block. I will also not be using the 3.5mm jack for the temp probe I have some mini xlr connectors coming.
Clean .Started assembling the new pi hat.
I'm still waiting on a few parts to get here but got a good portion of the parts on it.
I have to say that this is my new favorite reef-pi building tool.
I picked it up on ebay this week and it works surprisingly well considering it only cost 24 bucks. Makes soldering a breeze.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GAOYUE-936-110V-SMD-Electric-Soldering-Station-Solder-Iron-Welding-Kit-W-4-Tips/371505966012?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Some updated progress on the rebuild.
Everything is pretty much soldered up and being tested.