Minty - GrowRoom420 - Grow Tracking add on / automation idea

[Minty]

Ooops I just been warned I'm so sorry about my gadget approach bach it's just I'm old skool and can't see how gadgets work..... I like my shovel me

Great Googly Moogly

Your fine mate - I love your comments - so down to earth, friendly and useful mate. Keep them coming Bach.

[Minty]

Sorry, can a mod please delete that duplicate post from me.

Mr Minty wat u think of these....?
EcoDuino - An Auto Planting Kit
https://www.dfrobot.com/product-641.html

Let me check them out mate and get back to you.

[Minty]

EcoDuino - An Auto Planting Kit
https://www.dfrobot.com/product-641.html

Mr Nice Sir,

I would say that looks like a good little deal. Basically what I am trying to explain with the above at a fair price with some good sensor coverage my friend.

It has an 'Atmega32U4' rather than a full on pi so think really slow computer rather than the web server / ftp server my solution would give you but I can't knock it for what it trying to be for a fair price.

I would say it doesn't actually come with most of the sensors ie it is sold as (obviously) having the pins :-

• Terminal for interfacing a Carbon rod(Soil moisture sensor)
• Terminal for interfacing a DS18B20 temperature sensor(Soil temperature sensor)
• Terminal for interfacing a motor or a solenoid valve

and all these sensors would of course interface with the devices being discussed here so unless you have spent your money already you may want to follow for a while (see how this pans out)

What you planning on using that for because it doesn't look like it will scale up very well mate?

[Minty]

What I have covered so far is a basic control unit with an optional HUB to give you more connections etc. to be able to put in multiple sensors of any combination.

But you need to understand how the sensors work in terms of the Grove connectors and the available pins on your selected hardware.

Arduino/Raspberry Pi/Your PC/etc all have GPIO pins and these are basically split into various interfaces to allow communication via Analog (think the water sensors on my Res - these are either on or off) or Digital pins (these are required for sending signals such as the IR or RF radio signals being discussed shortly) or there are I2C connectors that allow you to 'address' an individual sensor as long as it has a unique address.

An Example of these would be my current assignments against an Arduino Leonardo:-

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/* RF433 Transmitter Support */
config.RCT_IN_PIN = 6;
config.RCT_OUT_PIN = 7;

/* HWR = Hardware Relays 240v */
config.HWR_RELAY_ONE_PIN = 4;
config.HWR_RELAY_TWO_PIN = 5;

/* Arduino I2C Address Assignment */
config.I2C_GROVE_TEMP_HUMIDITY_ADDR = (0x40);
config.I2C_ADAFRUIT_MOTORBOARD_TWO_ADDR = (0x60);
config.I2C_ADAFRUIT_MOTORBOARD_ONE_ADDR = (0x61);
config.I2C_ATLAS_PH_SENSOR_ADDR = (0x63);
config.I2C_ATLAS_EC_SENSOR_ADDR = (0x64);
config.I2C_ATLAS_TEMP_SENSOR_ADDR = (0x66);
config.I2C_ADAFRUIT_MOTORBOARD_ALL_CALL_ADDR = (0x70);
config.I2C_BME280_SENSOR_ADDR = (0x76);

The point is depending on which device you start off with they have limited resources.

For example if I wanted to use 2 of the *same* Grove temp sensor I would need to change the address of one otherwise they would conflict with both using (0x40) as the I2C address. Changing the address is usually as simple as a switch/jumper/solder short.

Once you aware of this you can Pick and Mix from the various input and output devices to build your own bespoke solution.

[Minty]

These are not just the command submitted from the browser, they are the command pinged back from the server when ever a change is made in any browser (currently doesn't track if you manually change the state from the actual appliance and not sure how I would manage that to be fair - so if in doubt issue an off before an on)

On a side note - this is exactly what I do, every time the hardware is polled the RF or IR signal is sent again so that as long as the hardware is actually plugged in it will reset into the scheduled state. Some remote type devices toggle rather than having a separate on and off signal and these are supported - I just managed to work out the extra signals for mine even though they didn't have dedicated buttons on the remotes. They are just codes and usually in sequence so once you get one - just go up and down one by one and see what happens ;o) Worked every time for me so far - the following list of codes controls 4 remote 12v relays to do my fill / drain / drip pumps - e.g. RF_0001 = where there is a '1' that means 'that' pump is on.

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/**
 * Geekcreit® 12V 4CH Channel 433Mhz 
 * Following RF codes will toggle all relay channels at once
 * e.g. to open Relays 2&4 and close Realys 1&3 we send 2775141
 * RELAY_CHANNEL_1234 Where 0=CLOSED 1=OPEN
 */
const RF_CODE_12V = {
  RF_0000: "2775136",
  RF_0001: "2775137",
  RF_0010: "2775138",
  RF_0011: "2775139",
  RF_0100: "2775140",
  RF_0101: "2775141",
  RF_0110: "2775142",
  RF_0111: "2775143",
  RF_1000: "2775144",
  RF_1001: "2775145",
  RF_1010: "2775146",
  RF_1011: "2775147",
  RF_1100: "2775148",
  RF_1101: "2775149",
  RF_1110: "2775150",
  RF_1111: "2775151",
}

[Captain Beefheart]

Got that . Only joking bach ewe crack on

Great Googly Moogly

[Minty]

Got that . Only joking bach ewe crack on

Great Googly Moogly

Just you wait, one day, someone will thank me for this ;o)

Probably be when my mum finds out I'm growing Canabis and has a shit fit - but she will think it is cool ;o)

[Captain Beefheart]

I'm not mocking ewe bach hats off if it works for u..... And good luck

Great Googly Moogly

[Minty]

I'm not mocking ewe bach hats off if it works for u..... And good luck

I know mate and I appreciate you be my only subscriber ;o)

On my way over to yours now to see how your little Water Melon Wedding Cake is doing?

[Joker59]

I’ve kinda been following this and wanted to say I think it sounds like a interesting idea. Even just having the repository of information would prove really useful and who knows over a while what kind of insight might emerge out of it! You have a beautiful mind bro keep it going