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| Author: | Clifford [ Nov 4th, '13, 22:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Automated Enviromental controls? |
Anyone using a computer to monitor temperatures and open and close vents, turn on and off fans ect? |
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| Author: | dutchmark [ Nov 5th, '13, 00:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Automated Enviromental controls? |
Hi Clifford, To start off, check out my site at http://paago.org/aquaponics. The greenhouse is all driven with a Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is configured with some temperature and humidity sensors and a webcam. To track all of the stats, I am using an IoT service called Xively. My next step will be to add some relays to control the greenhouse fan and perhaps a grow light. I looked at using an Arduino board at first. Unfortunately, you pretty much have to write an Operating system to deal with all of the potential multitasking issues. The RPI has a very thick and rich software stack available and is pretty easy to set up. Here are some articles on how I configured everything. http://paago.org/xively/83/measuring-te ... spberry-pi http://paago.org/xively/81/measuring-relative-sound I hope this is helpful. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Nov 5th, '13, 13:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Automated Enviromental controls? |
There are many greenhouse automation control systems available... Basic three stage vent/stirrer/exhaust control systems.. are pretty cheap... |
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