AquaRaider44
#Reef4Life
Hello All,
I hopefully will keep up with this thread and keep it stupid simple for all of the non-technical people.
My goal for this project is to have everything all on one Raspberry Pi 3b+ which will help to keep the cost down by not having to buy more Pi's and hats for the pH and Lighting and Dosing. This will also reduce the cost by not having separate enclosers and power supplies for each. I also want to be able to control everything all from one dashboard and not have to configure and forward like 1,000,000 obscure ports as I already have many pi's and pc's running and use remote access on all of them. The main issue is that my ISP sucks and replaces my modem every 3-4 months because the internet sucks then I have to reconfigure all of the ports and devices.
I also hope to keep the cost down of this project and would like to keep the total cost under $250 but yet still have all of the modules and then some which would cost about $400. I have a 3d printer so I may print enclosures or I may just buy cheap ones depending on the size and use. Many of the costs and items listed on the main thread and guides are for convenience (and probably safety depending on your level of electrician skill
) and can be cut completely or done for much less such as a prebuilt 8 channel controllable power strip.
Modules I hope to be building include
1. A home built 8 Channel Power Controller with macros so I can shut everything off to feed the coral and have it auto turn back on
2. Single or double temperature controller
3. Auto top off using Liquid Level Sensor
4. Out of RODI water reminder using Liquid Level Sensor
5. Clean bag filter reminder using Liquid Level Sensor
6. Light controller for 2 of the gloriously cheap Chinese lights (2 channel Mars Aqua 165w LED's)
7. PH Monitor hopefully using @Michael Lane pH board to keep costs down
8. Dosing controller using Jebao DP-4s slave doser for 45$ for 4 which is much cheaper than buying 4 dosing pumps at 25$ EACH
I also hope to be able to build a few other smaller things into this such as a moonlight setup as I currently only have 1 working 0.5 w LED on a 66 Gallon Aquarium.
Stuff required below will update
Stuff Used From Home
1. Hack saw with fine tooth blade
2. flat blade screwdriver
3. Philips head screwdriver
4. Wire strippers
5. Needle nose pliers
6. Flux
7. Flux Brush
8. Flux Bowl
9. Pencil Soldering iron
10. Small Solder
11. House/ circuit breaker wire
12. 3 prong plug end
13. Extension Cord
14. Jumper wire assortment m2m, m2f, f2f
15. Soldering iron stand
16. Steal brush
17. Sponge
18. Water
19. Multimeter
Stuff Purchased For Use (Special Note: I use Amazon Smile for most everything as it is next day shipping for me and a large part goes to benefit your charity of choice at no additional cost to you) (I chose the Ocean Foundation and you should too)
1. Silicone rubber electrical wire kit 22 gauge/AWG tinned copper 300V solid single core electric wire cable hook up wires CBAZY
2. Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard
3. Gikfun DS18B20 Temperature Sensor Waterproof Digital Thermal Probe Sensor For Arduino (Pack of 3pcs) EK1083x3
4. 4 - Leviton T5325-W 15 Amp 125 Volt, Tamper Resistant, Decora Duplex Receptacle, Straight Blade, Grounding, 1-Pack, White
5. Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - No EEPROM - Unassembled
6. JBtek 8 Channel DC 5V Relay Module for Arduino Raspberry Pi DSP AVR PIC ARM
7. OdiySurveil(TM) 10pcs 40 Pin 2.54mm Straight Single Row Pin Header Strip
8. 4.7k Ohm Resistors 1/4 Watt 5% (100 Pieces)
9. Kastar AC Adapter, Power Supply LCD 12V 4A 48W for LCD Monitor, LED Strip Light and Other Low Voltage Device
10. SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDHC UHS-I card with Adapter - 98MB/s U1 A1 - SDSQUAR-032G-GN6MA
11. 2 - QEBIDUL LM2596S DC-DC Buck Converter DIY 4-40V to 1.25-37V Step-down Regulator Power Module Volt Stabilizer with LED Voltmeter Display
.
I hopefully will keep up with this thread and keep it stupid simple for all of the non-technical people.
My goal for this project is to have everything all on one Raspberry Pi 3b+ which will help to keep the cost down by not having to buy more Pi's and hats for the pH and Lighting and Dosing. This will also reduce the cost by not having separate enclosers and power supplies for each. I also want to be able to control everything all from one dashboard and not have to configure and forward like 1,000,000 obscure ports as I already have many pi's and pc's running and use remote access on all of them. The main issue is that my ISP sucks and replaces my modem every 3-4 months because the internet sucks then I have to reconfigure all of the ports and devices.
I also hope to keep the cost down of this project and would like to keep the total cost under $250 but yet still have all of the modules and then some which would cost about $400. I have a 3d printer so I may print enclosures or I may just buy cheap ones depending on the size and use. Many of the costs and items listed on the main thread and guides are for convenience (and probably safety depending on your level of electrician skill
) and can be cut completely or done for much less such as a prebuilt 8 channel controllable power strip.Modules I hope to be building include
1. A home built 8 Channel Power Controller with macros so I can shut everything off to feed the coral and have it auto turn back on
2. Single or double temperature controller
3. Auto top off using Liquid Level Sensor
4. Out of RODI water reminder using Liquid Level Sensor
5. Clean bag filter reminder using Liquid Level Sensor
6. Light controller for 2 of the gloriously cheap Chinese lights (2 channel Mars Aqua 165w LED's)
7. PH Monitor hopefully using @Michael Lane pH board to keep costs down
8. Dosing controller using Jebao DP-4s slave doser for 45$ for 4 which is much cheaper than buying 4 dosing pumps at 25$ EACH
I also hope to be able to build a few other smaller things into this such as a moonlight setup as I currently only have 1 working 0.5 w LED on a 66 Gallon Aquarium
. Stuff required below will update
Stuff Used From Home
1. Hack saw with fine tooth blade
2. flat blade screwdriver
3. Philips head screwdriver
4. Wire strippers
5. Needle nose pliers
6. Flux
7. Flux Brush
8. Flux Bowl
9. Pencil Soldering iron
10. Small Solder
11. House/ circuit breaker wire
12. 3 prong plug end
13. Extension Cord
14. Jumper wire assortment m2m, m2f, f2f
15. Soldering iron stand
16. Steal brush
17. Sponge
18. Water
19. Multimeter
Stuff Purchased For Use (Special Note: I use Amazon Smile for most everything as it is next day shipping for me and a large part goes to benefit your charity of choice at no additional cost to you) (I chose the Ocean Foundation and you should too)
1. Silicone rubber electrical wire kit 22 gauge/AWG tinned copper 300V solid single core electric wire cable hook up wires CBAZY
2. Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard
3. Gikfun DS18B20 Temperature Sensor Waterproof Digital Thermal Probe Sensor For Arduino (Pack of 3pcs) EK1083x3
4. 4 - Leviton T5325-W 15 Amp 125 Volt, Tamper Resistant, Decora Duplex Receptacle, Straight Blade, Grounding, 1-Pack, White
5. Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - No EEPROM - Unassembled
6. JBtek 8 Channel DC 5V Relay Module for Arduino Raspberry Pi DSP AVR PIC ARM
7. OdiySurveil(TM) 10pcs 40 Pin 2.54mm Straight Single Row Pin Header Strip
8. 4.7k Ohm Resistors 1/4 Watt 5% (100 Pieces)
9. Kastar AC Adapter, Power Supply LCD 12V 4A 48W for LCD Monitor, LED Strip Light and Other Low Voltage Device
10. SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDHC UHS-I card with Adapter - 98MB/s U1 A1 - SDSQUAR-032G-GN6MA
11. 2 - QEBIDUL LM2596S DC-DC Buck Converter DIY 4-40V to 1.25-37V Step-down Regulator Power Module Volt Stabilizer with LED Voltmeter Display
.
