Hi !
I'm new on this forum, and I'm from Hungary. If my Eng. is not too good, please forgive me ..
I develope too a controller. It was firs only hobby - free time project, only for me - but I see now that more people wanna a and cheep controller. In my job I deal with car tracking systems, and I write an other program as aquarium controller for this hardware
... My controller is DS PIC based, have a 5 output, 12 input.
If someone wants to use , there is the project files for Eagle with electrical , and PCB plan:
http://skyreef.skybond.net/WTC/kapcsolas_aquacontrol.rar
It is Web-based, have not any LCD only one LED for power, and extendable with a CAN-bus system. The controller have a GSM module, with this it is connected to the main server.
The box is very simple , while web-based.
http://skyreef.skybond.net/WTC/aquacontrol_2.jpg
backside:
http://skyreef.skybond.net/WTC/aquacontrol_1.jpg
The main "box" is ready, if you wanna see it, it is "live" on webpage, you can login with user: WTC , pw : WTC. This site is live now, this is my tank, but I disabled the "command" mode, while the people trying daily swiching off my MH lamps
I writing some Eng. text too, and I try make an "auto language" function, but I'm not sure that all of menus are fine and correct. ( On same place was the goog* translator used )
Yet I in my free time make the second box, for calcium reactor, and any other controls...
If you have time, try it out
by WTC