DIY Reef Controller
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I've mailed the guy selling them as on the site it says probe is K1. This is for freshwater. I need a K10. So far no response. Will let you know when he contacts me.
For the site just Google model A1003 conductivity.
It should be the first hit.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
^^5' are you running this on your LCD TV?
fefegarcia1
Member
Thank you!
overexposed
Acroholic
just the calibration screen!
marspeed
Member
now here we have a vid of nicks demo that has been changed by a fellow reefer and gave it some functionality and nick helped him a little i have the sketch and was told it is rough and not finished can someone help my new friend Steve fix it ????
it runs on the mega
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it runs on the mega
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shark boy
New member
The google code site has the original sketch for the mega. Shouldn't this be able to be altered?
The new motherboards may be a wash except for very basic stuff if we don't find someone good with C++ to tell the boards to talk to each other.
The mega should do everything just fine. Probes,lights switches, ato and we already have a simi working code that everyone has excess to.
Just sayin
The new motherboards may be a wash except for very basic stuff if we don't find someone good with C++ to tell the boards to talk to each other.
The mega should do everything just fine. Probes,lights switches, ato and we already have a simi working code that everyone has excess to.
Just sayin
marspeed
Member
yes you are right steve also made some changes to the lcd to get it to work with the sd card also you need to use a 2 gig card only part of my point is this has some functioning code written already that can be used there are more vids search youtube one of the vids has the build site some good info
i have the sketch for this not sure how to post it graphics are the problem on the mega i would like to see this ported over to the due
i have the sketch for this not sure how to post it graphics are the problem on the mega i would like to see this ported over to the due
marspeed
Member
these are the current bugs Steve sent me in an email
(Clock does not drop the "1" after midnight and noon
Led dimming and sunrise/sunset code do not work properly together
Temp sensor does not constantly read on home screen. You have to navigate away from home screen and then back to get a temp update.)
(Clock does not drop the "1" after midnight and noon
Led dimming and sunrise/sunset code do not work properly together
Temp sensor does not constantly read on home screen. You have to navigate away from home screen and then back to get a temp update.)
DrewPalmer04
New member
Bottom line: someone will either have to do it all or a group each do parts but be on the same page about the design.
I see a project that is MAYBE 35-40% done by another person that many were "hoping" he would finish. I guess he's not...
So two options: figure it out individually OR find someone willing to reverse engineer the creator's ideas and try to get it to work for everyone here on the forum.
Not sure about ANYONE having the free time to guarantee a finish date IF anyone wants to take this on...this applies to those who have the knowledge to 100% complete this project AND wish to share with the world.
I see a project that is MAYBE 35-40% done by another person that many were "hoping" he would finish. I guess he's not...
So two options: figure it out individually OR find someone willing to reverse engineer the creator's ideas and try to get it to work for everyone here on the forum.
Not sure about ANYONE having the free time to guarantee a finish date IF anyone wants to take this on...this applies to those who have the knowledge to 100% complete this project AND wish to share with the world.
I have to agree I have no free time and no coding skill to do it.. I am cutting my loss and using the mega and video screen to build another Jarduino I hear he is coming out with version 2 in a couple months but his controller is a finished *working* Has been built buy many reefers and he has a step by step manual on how to build it and his build thread is almost a 100 pages long of answering questions buy people like me that cant code a dorito if I had to
DrewPalmer04
New member
I AM willing to help minimally with the code. The "bugs" above can easily be fixed in 10 min but I need the code that Steve has done.
I am working on a multitude of projects right now, but I would be happy to help any way I can. Where is the link to the code?
I estimate my projects will all be done in a just a month. So I can devote more time to this, or adapt my own controller build to suit the hardware of this one.
I estimate my projects will all be done in a just a month. So I can devote more time to this, or adapt my own controller build to suit the hardware of this one.
PM sending.
I have some bad news everybody.
From looking at the controller I have concluded that it uses the same hardware as my controller. However, IMHO, if I were to rewrite the code I would basically have to redo everything. Very little is developed, and much of it is not very efficient.
The features of the current controller are essentially a screen and temperature sensing. There also does seem to be a little light control, but I can't make it out.
IMHO, the people that bought the controller hardware would be better off either:
1. Creating a Jarduino. This will require a little more hardware, but it is by far the best controller out there.
2. Creating a different controller. Not sure about this one, but that Fernando Garcia one seems very good.
3. Creating my controller. No SD control, but the basic hardware is an Arduino Mega from ebay, DS18B20 temperature sensors, a DS1302 RTC, and a 3.2" 240x320 touchscreen.
What exactly did everybody buy?
From looking at the controller I have concluded that it uses the same hardware as my controller. However, IMHO, if I were to rewrite the code I would basically have to redo everything. Very little is developed, and much of it is not very efficient.
The features of the current controller are essentially a screen and temperature sensing. There also does seem to be a little light control, but I can't make it out.
IMHO, the people that bought the controller hardware would be better off either:
1. Creating a Jarduino. This will require a little more hardware, but it is by far the best controller out there.
2. Creating a different controller. Not sure about this one, but that Fernando Garcia one seems very good.
3. Creating my controller. No SD control, but the basic hardware is an Arduino Mega from ebay, DS18B20 temperature sensors, a DS1302 RTC, and a 3.2" 240x320 touchscreen.
What exactly did everybody buy?
