DIY Aquarium Touchscreen Controller

[boxhead1990]

Ahh yeah im gunna keep hunting around for a driver

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[RossMartin]

I'm really interested in doing something like this. Could you please list the parts you are using and where you got them from??

Thanks

Ross

[boxhead1990]

There listed a bit further up but he hasnt finished it yet

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[boxhead1990]

Ordered most of my arduino stuff today
I grabed the same touchscreen and mega kit
Real time shield
And a led driver shield. It's got 6 channels and has a input of up to 30v so I'm curious to get the unit to have a play around looks like I'm gunna be running parallel instead of in series with it and I think I got a motor shiel too just need my dosing pumps(in a fortnight a time il order them)

I can pm you a link to the driver shield if you are interested was only aus $22

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

Ordered most of my arduino stuff today
I grabed the same touchscreen and mega kit
Real time shield
And a led driver shield. It's got 6 channels and has a input of up to 30v so I'm curious to get the unit to have a play around looks like I'm gunna be running parallel instead of in series with it and I think I got a motor shiel too just need my dosing pumps(in a fortnight a time il order them)

I can pm you a link to the driver shield if you are interested was only aus $22

That would be cool, would like to check it out

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by RossMartin

I'm really interested in doing something like this. Could you please list the parts you are using and where you got them from??

Thanks

Ross

Ordered most of my parts from here

http://imall.iteadstudio.com/

The post below has the link to the guide I used to get started

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2027652&postcount=3

[mrblah]

did you use wire.h for your ds1307 ? I've had trouble with jarduino's code and knock off ds13072's

[catfishbi]

U have to have double E to do this to hard for me T.T

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by mrblah

did you use wire.h for your ds1307 ? I've had trouble with jarduino's code and knock off ds13072's

Sorry it took a bit to answer, been preoccupied with storm prep.
I used the DS1307 library only, had to solder a wire to the +5V pad on the Arduino to power the breakout board

[SteveRoehrs]

Hey sounds like I'm not alone then!
I'm planning on doing the same thing - mainly for light control, maybe an automatic feeder in the near future. I had already blown (burnt, smoked, nearly started a fire) two of the fluoro ballasts so I've replaced them with LED strips. Pics are here if you're interested: http://electronicmenagerie.blogspot.com.au/

I want to try and build a cutdown version of jarduino, just using an atmega328P (ie the chip in the Arduino Uno), some transistors for PWM driving (dimming) the lights, a few temperature sensors, and a small LCD with buttons. LCDs big enough to have a touch screen end up taking up most of the pins and not leaving many for I/O - and the flash is smaller on a Uno so it could be a squeeze. I'll post here to let you know how it goes.

Boxhead - where in Oz are you? I'm in Adelaide.

cheers
Steve

[boxhead1990]

I was wondring if that storm had come through yet

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[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

I was wondring if that storm had come through yet

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Done been here and gone. We made it through without losing power, NJ and NY got hammered really bad

[boxhead1990]

Ahh yeah my cousin was on holiday in hawaii(hondalulu???) when that sunami come through

So there was deffs [censored][censored][censored][censored] going diwn this week

Good that you didnt loose power that woulda sucked

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[boxhead1990]

Iv got mu arduino and touchscreen today yay

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[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

Iv got mu arduino and touchscreen today yay

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Good deal
I start my vacation this Saturday coming up. I have to plumb my wet/dry in on my 65, then I have 8 days to concentrate on writing code on mine.
Mike