Share your Planted Tank(s)
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what is that at the front middle of the cabinet, looks like some sort of lcd screen?
Yep its a 4.3" touchscreen controlled by an Arduino that I programmed. Controls the LED arrays, autofeeders, etc.
Spent wayyyyy too much time on it. I eventually plan on transitioning the tank control to a home automation software.
Nice... how much of a P.I.T.A is it to setup something like that??? Sounds like something i would one day be interested in setting up depending on cost
Nice... how much of a P.I.T.A is it to setup something like that??? Sounds like something i would one day be interested in setting up depending on cost
I spent over 80 hours on just the arduino integration with the electronics... and I'm an electrical engineer with quite a bit of experience with arduinos.
Its the graphics and interface that take forever. Really tedious and labor intensive to get it to look good and work fast on an arduino. I made mine about 2 years ago, now theres quite a bit more realistic options such as using a raspberry pi or android tablet for the GUI. There's quite a few people who have made their own interfaces and share the schematics and code. That's a much better route than trying to do it yourself, and unless you have some weird fetish for making it yourself.
Here's mine. Everything is still settling after some major additions. Photo taken while the lights were ramping up.
nice! Sand looks clean too, any light coloured sand i ever had; inevitably ended up looking dirty
Thank you convict 360. They didn't get dirty yet hope not
so far everything doing well, Last week I had to shut off the co2 because a lot of stuff I think they over grown. Let see how they do without it before I turn it back on.
so far everything doing well, Last week I had to shut off the co2 because a lot of stuff I think they over grown. Let see how they do without it before I turn it back on.