DIY Reef Controller

This is so cool...
Question I just purchase a LCD 7 " touch screen Monitor, That i want to put in front of my cabinet to monitor all temps , screen shots and even maybe use an underwater camera inside of my tank.
How can i use or get the screen Program to work on a small Pc . Is this a Linux program ??
 
Janey, I am not sure what you are asking but my program has nothing to do with linux.

I just ordered the electric imp dev board so once I get the stamps and everything working well I can start looking into adding the wifi. I still need to get the orp, conductivity, and DO sensor from Atlas eventually but they are pricey so it might take some time.

I also talked to one of my friends who works at a machine shop and we are looking into getting a serpac enclosure custom cut for the screen, usb, power, and other connectors for the project. Hopefully if everything works out we can have perfect fit enclosures for the boards at a reasonable cost!
 
looks like spark fun carries them to with eagle files I believe to make your own
but this looks to be very cool.
 
SO its like an Open source program??
I'm sorry Just Tryin to learn here.
I have the RKL and the display is BORING. Plus I have the Profilux not hooked up yet. I was thinking of geting the Touch screen for it. But i want a Whole lot more features.
So i fig I get a screen and a small portable PC an install some kinda of Program that will give me all features plus colors. and so on.
I Really LOVE your s.
 
I personally have no interest in wifi for my controller. But, it does seem an interesting way to implement it.
 
NKD
Can you detail your ideas of what your going to be using theses for
I was looking at them over at spark fun.com on there forum there is a lot of talk about cost
 
I didn't think the price was to much for the actual hardware but I am not sure if there is a cost to use their servers or not.

I basically want to test out different way to get the controller on the internet and then choose the best option and this is the first one I thought to try. I really like that you can program the imp itself and have it do all the heavy lifting.

I am 100% open to any other suggestions though if you find something cool. I was also looking at the wifly.
 
i like the imp and the cost for me is not an issue at some point in the future i would like to see it incorporated in to your mother board along with the sam3x8e
while keeping the same form factor and peripheral devices so up grades are less costly and simple to implement

marc
 
I am really starting to think about the future of the project and would like to design a board to a case so it would be easy to create full controllers with a box and everything.

I am almost 100% sure that the project will drop support for the arduino mega in the future and use the arduino due or the Sam3x on the motherboard instead since this is what most people want.
 
All the boards are in the mail except for a couple people who ordered later on. I am still waiting for more pcbs before shipping theirs out.

I got the imp in the mail today and messed with it really quickly and its pretty cool. It has support for i2c, spi, and uart. It also is able to use pwm or an adc on any of the 6 pins. The only thing strange is that to setup the wifi connection you use their iphone/andriod app which is a really cool idea except that you have to have a smartphone to get it to connect to your wifi.

I am hoping you can change the wifi connection via a microprocessor over uart or something, otherwise the imp is out as I don't want a smartphone to be a requirement to get the controller on the internet.
 
I ordered my stamps today from atlas got 2 ph and one conductivity didnt remember if I need there mux chip or not
 
I have a UNO and have been looking into the project as well. I would like to use the controller to connect to a database on the network. Then the data could be read into a PHP website and graphed live time. It would be easy to make a php website with a mysql database available by home IP, but how would you connect to the database? I have no experience with Arduino other than the samples that were provided. It looks rather simple and I like the fact that I can use OOP rather than linier programming, but this is my first time outside software. Do you feel that a database is possible?
 
Dale,

You got one of the atlas stamp boards I got with has the mux on it so your good to go. Just an FYI I haven't added support yet for anything other than the pH stamps.

josh26757,

A database is definitely possible and how I was planning to add wifi support to the project. The two wifi modules I am looking into are the wiFly and the electric imp.
 
I will be looking deeper into this. As a dream it would be interesting to connect to a weather station online and pull weather information from locations such as the Great Barrier Reef and have the controller simulate those conditions with at least water flow and light. Being able to reproduce sun and moon may provide increased spawning.

The price is most likely going to be more than a commercial unit, but with open source you are able to keep building on and updating. Arduino can control robotic arms and monitor flow. It is possible to automate feeding when you are not home and even perform full water changes. I wonder if there would be any benefit to breaking a weekly water change down into small daily increments that the controller could run. In all reality this concept is not all that difficult.

Edit:
After visiting your facebook page I realized you are already doing a lot of the things I mentioned lol.
 
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