redtop's Ferduino controller
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redtop03
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yep, I'm already wearing prescription readers myself, I can't walk with 'em on but I can sure as heck see some of this tiny stuff up close now LOL
I may not get anywhere with it but if I don't try, I'll never know
the 3.2WD is pretty good if you can be close to it but where I have mine on top of my canopy, I have to stand on something so that I'm eye level with it, or pull out the magnifier LOL
if I can just get the home screen to display on the 7 inch screen I'll be happy, the other screens don't have near as much info and are a little easier to read, but this home screen with so much info, it all starts to blur with my old eyes LOL
but first on my agenda is to start with the home screen
fefegarcia1
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well, I now have the UTFT library set up for the 5 inch and 7 inch screens, at least I hope it's set up, when I select those screens in the code now, it compiles just fine, we will see how it works once I have the screen though
I think, since both the 5 inch and 7 inch screens share the same 480 x 800 resolution, that IF , and that's a big if LOL
but if I can successfully up-scale the code, it should work on either screen...
Hi!
You'll have many work to make.
I forgot of a detail.
To use the UTFT from Henning's website is necessary delete the file "DefaultFonts.c" and copy the files "SmallFont.c", "RusFont1.c", "BigFont.c" and "SevenSegNumFont.c" downloaded together with Ferduino for folder "libraries".
Best regards
Fernando Garcia
redtop03
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why has nobody ever tried to start with the 5 inch or 7 inch screen and write a code to fit it ?
who decided that the 3.2 screen was the perfect screen for these controllers ? LOL
I hope I have the UTFT library all done, it took me a long time to figure it out though LOL
and I'm still not sure I have everything set up correctly, I'll find out whenever I try to load it onto the screen, I'm still waiting on the screen
fefegarcia1
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why has nobody ever tried to start with the 5 inch or 7 inch screen and write a code to fit it ?
who decided that the 3.2 screen was the perfect screen for these controllers ? LOL
I hope I have the UTFT library all done, it took me a long time to figure it out though LOL
and I'm still not sure I have everything set up correctly, I'll find out whenever I try to load it onto the screen, I'm still waiting on the screen
Hi!
No, because is hard work.
The Ferduino was based on Stilo. So this guy is the culprit.
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=54196.0
I think that the Stilo was the first controller with TFT touch.
Best regards.
Fernando Garcia
redtop03
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LOL I think when the Stilo code was written the TFT/LCDs were new to Arduino and the smaller screens were all that were available then, the bigger screens have only been added in the last little while....
I was joking before about the 3.2 screens, they are a really nice addition to the Arduino and for most people they're plenty big enough, I can live with it myself, but if I can up scale it, that would be great too
the hard part is writing the code, it's out there and it's there for us to do with what we want, it's up to us if we wanna put it on a larger screen, or smaller screen for that matter
the guys that writes the codes are writing them to fit their needs, they didn't have to share it if they hadn't wanted too
redtop03
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to answer a PM I got, and in case someone else is interested in the float sensor connectors in this build, what is needed is any 2 wire connector for these.....
I used the 3.5mm stereo headphone jacks because of the small size and I goofed on my wiring and will need to redo it but they will still work, I connected too many wires, the ground is not needed for this circuit except to connect one end of the resistor LOL but a single RCA connector for each float sensor would work just as well...
they also make a 3.5 mono plug that looks just like what I used and they would be ideal for this purpose, they are what most factory made ATO systems use also
here's the circuit for the float switches, compliments of Fernando
in this diagram, the little thing that looks like a door opened represents the float sensor
in this diagram, you would connect the +5v from the Arduino to one of the pins on your connector and the other would connect to the sensor output pin from the Arduino, you would add the 10k resistor between ground and the sensor output pin wire
the float sensors have 2 wires and can be connected either way, so polarity isn't a concern with them
redtop03
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I don't think it's actually pulling amperage from the Arduino, it's just sensing a change in the float sensor position, I think the on board power will be fine
hopefully Fernando will confirm that or have a better answer
that's a good question though, I hadn't thought about it
I added the sensor plugs and even ordered 10 float sensors but I doubt I'll use the auto water change or the auto top off, at least not how Fernando has them intended to be used
for my ATO, I use a Kent float valve and gravity feed, it has no electrical parts and has never failed me so unless it does, I see no reason to change it.....I may try out the auto water change though
for my RO/DI filter system and filtered water holding tank and my kalk stirrer, I may find a better use for the float sensors in all of that stuff
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fefegarcia1
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Hi!
Is always better use an external power supply but, the consume of this circuit is very low.
I'm using a power supply of PC to all circuits (5 and 12 V).
Best regards.
Fernando Garcia
redtop03
moved slow
awesome, how long did it take to do that ?
It took awhile I can email you the code if you like. The RTC code is different as the original don't work well with I2C. I use the chauvet16 to control the timing. An also I only use it to control my leds as I have 9 channels. I thought there was 8 but there's 9 channels. And I just change the display screen didn't see any reasons to change anything else and also did a few modes to it, it is still work in progess
redtop03
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yes please send, I would love to see what it looks like, might help with up scaling the Ferduino too my email is wmcdaries3 at g mail dot com
redtop03
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the home screen in the Ferduino is what I'm most interested in up-scaling and then probable the graphs...
once I have figured out ( if I figure it out) how to enlarge the code to display on the bigger screen, what I'm concerned with most is will I be able to figure out what to do to make the touch screen part match up to the newly repositioned buttons there's so much stuff that that has to be done just right or it ain't gonna work properly LOL
once I have figured out ( if I figure it out) how to enlarge the code to display on the bigger screen, what I'm concerned with most is will I be able to figure out what to do to make the touch screen part match up to the newly repositioned buttons
there's so much stuff that that has to be done just right or it ain't gonna work properly LOL
