DIY Reef Controller

[nkd5024]

That makes sense, although personally I see a unique name for something and I look it up instantly as I get very curious as to what it means.

 

[WSPepsilon]

I think it would be okay. Look at hyundai or however is spelled. Whorse that would happen or maybe most Common is that it would get pronounced Oh-key-nose instead of ah. I kinda like it. ..

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[TomTheWicked]

Just read through "most" of this post...I'm thinking of giving this DIY project a shot...

Now, for the name. I like either Pontus or Proteus. Of the two, I think Proteus wins simply because of his history and the meaning of his name (god of "elusive sea change"). Just my $.02.

I put a "feeler" out to some (2) friends in the graphic design world to see if they would be willing to lend a hand...I'll let you know if I get any support and they're willing to help.

Thanks for all the info in these posts!

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I like Ōkeanós. it is a unique name that would stand out from the norm.

 

[dudemeister]

OK my two cents worth:
Do NOT choose Ōkeanós. Never pick a name that people are unsure how to pronounce. It will never stick and they will call it something else.

Hydrus on the other hand is easy to pronounce and remember. I would vote for that.

Maybe a logo of a sea god holding a reef tank.

Mark

Nice call on the Sea God- perhaps a Neptune-like character holding up a reef tank like the Atlas in Rock Center?

 

[nkd5024]

I just got my arduino due in the mail and am starting to look into getting the tft screen to work with it. It seems that there is a new lcd screen library that may be up to 10x faster than the UTFT library that isn't quite ready yet. There is a thread about it on the arduino forums and I am looking forward to its release.

Still waiting on the pcbs

 

[luc.claudel]

Hi,

I've done a mistake, i can't enter inside the arduino program, what is the code exactly, i tried "86595" but it doesn't work, normally i can enter very easely, do you think i use a wrong code ???

Luc

 

[luc.claudel]

Sorry, it's all right, i found it on the sd card

Can you tell me if the version with 6 led channels is ready? can you the code pls ???

Luc

 

[nkd5024]

The boards shipped out this morning! Hopefully in five days time i'll have some photos of a nicely soldered board and can throw the first finished program on my tank for testing!

luc.claudel,

It should be posted in roughly two weeks.


Progress wise I just got the avrisp mkII working on my mac and am able to program the attiny85 through the Arduino IDE.

 

[DeepSeaBeauti]

Sounds like its coming together well. Have you put any more thought into the packaging?

 

[InADream]

Pieces have started to roll in.

Unfortunately, I ordered the wrong LCD and got the sainsmart. Either way I cannot get the screen to show anything, it is only white.

I hae tried all the libraries I can think of and nothing. I can't even get the demo to show.

Does anyone have a wiring diagram to wire this straight to the arduino, I ordered a 40 pin cable but cant find anything that shows how to wire it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[luc.claudel]

Unfortunately, I ordered the wrong LCD and got the sainsmart.

As for me sainsmart works very well for me

What is your mistake exactly, you ordered a wrong item of sainsmart ou this is sainsmart TFT has problem ???

 

[luc.claudel]

if you use a 40 pins cables too long, you'll have of course a white screen, maximum lenght, 30 cm, after screen will not work

 

[megadeth72]

I use a 2' long 40pin cable with sainsmart setup and it works fine

 

[WSPepsilon]

Maybe it's simply a faulty cable?

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[InADream]

I am getting the white screen with the lcd shield as well. I have tried everything I can think of to no avail.

anybody else have this problem.

thanks

 

[nkd5024]

I would check exactly what lcd controller you are using and make sure its the one named in the example sketches. If you are using a chinese arduino there may be an error with the board. You could try writing all the pins high and testing them individually with a resistor and a 3mm led to make sure they all work, on and off.

Are you using cables to hook it all up or do you just have the tft shield plugged into the arduino and the lcd screen into the sheild?

 

[InADream]

nkd5024,

I will try that this week. I am using the tft shield plugged directly into the arduino. I have tried putting all the lcd controllers in and still nothing.

 

[rott]

first time I tried the sketch it gave me nothing but white screen also I deleted the whole arduino directory and reinstalled it all new so I didnt have any extra files around from other sketches and librarys I had messed around with back up any thing you want out of it first.

then I reinstalled arduino I am using version 0100 relax and new reef and changed this line
//******** Declare Touch/LCD/RTC **********
UTFTtf myGLCD(ITDB32S, 38, 39, 40, 41);
ITDB02_Touch myTouch(6,5,4,3,2);

I made sure to declare my lcd wich is the ITDB32S after that it ran fine and uploaded and worked. If you cant get none of the example sketch's to work and your sure you are declaring the correct lcd you might have a bad lcd or tft. Have you tried to reformat the sd card or use a diffrent one might help.

 

[nkd5024]

DHL tried to deliver the pcbs today, but I was not home to pick them up. So tomorrow will be spent soldering the boards and testing them out.

I found an awesome midi converter/player for the attiny85 and have some basic songs playing well. Since the attiny has two timers it can play two separate tracks through the same or two different buzzers/speaker. So far the ones that work best are old 8-bit video game songs like mario, zelda, etc. I have also been able to get some basic zeppelin riffs to play as well and should have a nice array of tunes to play for different alarms.