Using raspberry pi for controler?

Ludders · Feb 21, 2021

Clownshow said:
Alright I got the canakit rapsberry pi zero w and the strip in the cart what else would I need?

What do you get in the kit?

Clownshow · Feb 21, 2021

Ludders said:
What do you get in the kit?

Kit Includes
- Raspberry Pi Zero W (Wireless) Board with on-board WiFi and Bluetooth
- Official Raspberry Pi Zero Case - 3 Interchangeable Official Lids
- SanDisk 16 GB MicroSD Card (Class 10) - Pre-loaded with NOOBS
- CanaKit 2.5A Micro USB Power Supply with Noise Filter (UL Listed) specially designed for the Raspberry Pi (5-foot cable)
- USB OTG Cable
- Mini HDMI Adapter
- Heat Sink

Ludders · Feb 21, 2021

That's absolutely spot on all you need to get going. You don't even need to run the imager software from your PC.
Have you looked at the TPLink Kasa power strips?

Clownshow · Feb 21, 2021

Ludders said:
That's absolutely spot on all you need to get going. You don't even need to run the imager software from your PC.
Have you looked at the TPLink Kasa power strips?

Yeah they look like they will work for me.

Weasel1960 · Feb 21, 2021

Are you building from scratch or doing plug and play?

If doing P&P I am buying RoboTank. Everything is already assembled except for inserting Raspberry Pi. @robsworld78 sells them, check out his website. He also sells components if you are building your own.

Other parts like Raspberry Pi, monitors etc can be bought off Amazon.

Lots of threads on here if you search for ReefPi. Do know lights, pumps, etc need to be able to be controlled first and will tell you that in their literature.

@Ranjib is one of the developers and there is a site called Adafruit that explains things also.

Hope this helps. I am doing it because it appears to be compatible to the bigger $$$ controllers with out all the flash.