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salmonetin

salmonetin

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...on other things... ...not for destroy... ...my idea its for protect arduino....

http://www.ruggedcircuits.com/10-ways-to-destroy-an-arduino/

http://www.maelabs.ucsd.edu/mae156alib/electronics/DestroyArduino.pdf

....other thing....ive read this comment on an arduino code...

Replaced pinMode & analogWrite with direct port manipulation equivalents, saving appx 200 bytes and increasing loop speed

http://www.arduino.cc/en/pmwiki.php?n=Reference/PortManipulation

...other thing... for playing with software... ...

http://www.cid-inc.com/Software/CI-800/

...read about... time... sun ... and soft...

http://cid-inc.com/media/distributorsforum/manuals/ci800/CI-800 Operation Manual rev 6.7.13.pdf

...i like idea about three channels white, red and blue light channels... ...or...

15. Open the saved .csv light schedule in Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program to review the light intensity.

An example exported file is shown to the right.....i like the image and the spreadsheet... i catch the idea...dimming without pwm pulses... % correspond an resistors way of sds... like it a lot...

...about arduino codes for controller... ...i cant see the code for robotank... if you or others can ... please giveme this code... or codes... please...thanks so much...

http://robo-tank.ca/

...i like the idea about GUI interface...

...and sorry for mine offtopic post... in your thread...

upsss...links are only for ideas or examples...

Saludos
 
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Abiqua

Abiqua

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@salmonetin

I cannot download or see any type of code either from the Robotank....then when I go to the Store it says "Under Maintenance"...

Also installed Lightsnap! But I need to read the manual...Thank you....very nice :joint:
 
salmonetin

salmonetin

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...the code its similar to Iaqua controller... ...i saw the thread about robotank in other forum ... but the code is mising for me... i dont know if iaqua code actually changed... or have others new versions... the thread its large and my inet time its too short... but the code about monitoring or controling temps or ph or ec or co2, or fans ... give me others ideas or hows to... the GUI interface etc, ...sensuino its other way... ferduino other... yeah i know they use other lcd ...

...for my pov ... and curiosity.. i like the codes for aquarium controllers...

....taking away some things I do not like as the PWM lighting... has many things that I like...

you've seen the codes of the storm and stormx?

...for info and pics...

http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=storm-led-controller
http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=storm-x-led-controller

...codes... :fire: (thanks to authors for the comments on codes)...

http://coralux.net/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/downloadables/storm-firmware.zip
http://coralux.net/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/downloadables/storm-x-firmware.zip

...and her manual... enjoy...;)

http://coralux.net/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/downloadables/Storm-Controller-Manual.pdf

...or her fans power pwm board...

http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=fan-power-pwm-board

...and manual...;)

http://coralux.net/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/downloadables/Fan-Controller-Manual.pdf

....i like 4pins for fans way...;)

...i havent internet time to search example code or codes for robotank... ...you know these...

...the code its only for my learning process... they use pwm for lights... but i prefer pwm for fans or motors not for lights... but the fades or schedules give me ideas for my way... some codes are well commented... for my inexpert vision of course...

...one question...
...meaning of colors in the code of arduino... ...You've seen some help doc or page about the meaning of those colors in code?... on ide or fritzing... i cant see any info about colors in code sketches...

...im reading in home about Minibloq, Modkit, Ardublock, Amici, Blocklyduino, Snap4Arduino, Bitbloq, and others but only for my curiosity about other graphic programming ways...

...upss and the simulators softs... ...dont go well on my old pc... :evil:

...links are only for ideas or examples...

...sorry for another offtopic post...

...saludos
 
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Abiqua

Abiqua

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@salmonetin

Always post, worry later, especially here. Arduino/ microcontrolling always welcome :joint:


...im reading in home about Minibloq, Modkit, Ardublock, Amici, Blocklyduino, Snap4Arduino, Bitbloq, and others but only for my curiosity about other graphic programming ways...


That is quite a list and now I will have to read up on each and every one....Nokia 5110 has given me nothing but headaches...in fact, I probably blew it up...I need a logic shifting tutorial on circuits...and why is there even a 3.3v on the Uno/Nano and you still need to shift the logic?

I do not know what the colors mean, in the IDE text....other than to highlight errors in compiling, but I know what you mean in the sketch, something related to functions within the larger C framework?

I will look around for the Robotank data, I visited the page...and there was no link provided...I tried in 3 different browsers....just a page. Curious.


Thank you for your past tutelage....going to visit your page from page 1 again as well.

:peace:
 
salmonetin

salmonetin

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....same curiosity about graphic way bro...

nokia headaches?...

i see more info about 5110.... inside zips... great site for certain libraries....;)...

http://www.rinkydinkelectronics.com/library.php?id=44

http://www.rinkydinkelectronics.com/library.php?id=47

http://www.rinkydinkelectronics.com/library.php?id=69
....for uno/nano you need level converter too..

...logic shifting tutorial?... ...maybe you saw before... but if you dont... take a look...

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/bi-directional-logic-level-converter-hookup-guide

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12009

https://www.adafruit.com/products/757

http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/an97055.pdf

http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/AN10441.pdf

http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/an97055.pdf

https://www.adafruit.com/products/395

http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/txb0108appnote.pdf

http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/interface/voltage-level-translation-overview.page

http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/interface/logic-voltage-translation-techdocs.page

http://www.ti.com/lit/sg/scyb018f/scyb018f.pdf

spi https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-peripheral-interface-spi

i2c https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c

ADC https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion

...on other things...

...if you or others see some info about meaning of colors in code on IDE or Fritzing please share here please...

...for robotank maybe look in forum... http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=784562...
...but i think the code are not public... yet... ...or never... ...but its only my opinion... well... other similar code its Iaqua code... http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=677265...

...yo esperaba comparar ambos codigos para aprender de las modificaciones que le han hecho al codigo de robotank pero no creo pueda conseguir el codigo ...por lo que aprendere muy poco sobre modificaciones...

.... pero bueno quizas un año de estos... tu puedas... ...yo no creo durar tanto...

...maybe too much info or links... links are only for ideas or examples...

...your way its too close to sensuino proyect...

http://www.sensuino.net/doku.php?id=en:start

nokia lcd ...sd card... light intensity... soil humidity... ...but they use modular design... and maybe the module dont include your same hardware of you but its only a reference.... for my pov of course...

...ferduino, iaqua and robotank uses other expensive lcds but hey... on these days all it too expensive to me....

...but i like it a lot the bigs touch lcds.... 5 or 7"... for an "magoo" like me... ;)

...wilson... time to infusion... let the bro read in peace...:eyesmoke:

saludos
 
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salmonetin

salmonetin

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...info on the description...

...Gardening in the modern age means making things more complicated and arduous, with electrons, bits, and bytes.
Behold: the garduino.
My brother got me an arduino microcontroller board for Christmas, which to me was a solution looking for a problem.
I finally found the problem: fresh herbs are expensive at the grocery store. But apparently not as expensive as adding a bunch of sensors and electronics to your garden.

Build one yourself or just poke around in the code:
https://github.com/gradyh/GradyHillho...

Thanks to my brother, Graham, for the Arduino board and editing the narration.
Thanks to Chris from YouTube channel AvE (https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinov...) for the tips on soil moisture sensors and water hammer. Most of the parts in this build came from http://www.adafruit.com.

Combining microcontrollers and gardening is a really popular idea.
I think that’s because gardens have very simple inputs and outputs that are easy to wrap your head around.
I guess people (myself included) see a notoriously simple and relaxed hobby and can’t help but feel compelled to overcomplicate it.
But just about anyone can connect the dots between "Garden needs water" and "I am not a responsible human being who is capable of remembering to water a garden every day" and realize,
"Hey, I can use technology to overcome my personal shortcomings," and more than that,
"I can bend technology to my will and that will feel good to my ego and my sense of self-worth."
After all, no one’s hobby is to buy an irrigation controller off the shelf of a hardware store.
Thanks for watching, and let me know what you think.

A few technical details below... If there's anything I didn't address, feel free to shoot me a question in the comments.

Moisture sensors that measure the resistance or conductivity across the soil matrix between two contacts are essentially junk.
First of all, resistance is not a very good indicator of moisture content, because it is highly dependent on a number of factors which might vary from garden to garden including soil ph, dissolved solids in the water, and temperature.
Second, most of them are of poor quality with contacts that easily corrode. For the most part you'd be lucky to get one to last through an entire season. Capacitive sensors are generally more accurate because they are just measuring the change in dialetric properties of the soil which is less sensitive to other environmental factors.
They also don't require any exposed conductive surfaces which means they can last a bit longer in the harsh environment of your backyard.
My soil moisture sensor (and soil temperature sensor) came from http://www.vegetronix.com.

The arudino’s analog inputs read voltage, so to use a resistive sensor (like the photoresistor I used to measure sunlight), you have to set up a voltage divider.
This is just a really simple circuit which divides the voltage drop between your sensor and a known resistor.
You know the current is the same for both, so you can calculate the resistance of your sensor using ohm’s law.
The only problem here is that a photoresistor’s relationship to illuminance is log-log, that is to say it spans several orders of magnitude.
So if you use a big resistor (5k - 10k ohm) in your voltage divider, your sensor will be sensitive to low light levels, but you won’t be able to tell the difference between a sunny day and an overcast one.
Since this thing’s going outside, I used a 100 ohm resistor, which should hopefully give me good differentiation between levels of brightness in the daylight.

Music from incompotech.com...;)

...expensive soil m sensor... but i like it too...:hump:

saludos
 
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Michael Huntherz

Michael Huntherz

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salmonetin said:

Behold: the garduino.
My brother got me an arduino microcontroller board for Christmas, which to me was a solution looking for a problem.
I finally found the problem: fresh herbs are expensive at the grocery store. But apparently not as expensive as adding a bunch of sensors and electronics to your garden.

Build one yourself or just poke around in the code:
https://github.com/gradyh/GradyHillho...
Click to expand...
This is pretty cool, I have to say. I'm going to tweak on this. Expect a fork, soon.
 
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