DIY Aquarium Touchscreen Controller

[flc]

Looks like a fun project!

Where are you getting your sensors from?

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by flc

Looks like a fun project!

Where are you getting your sensors from?

Plan on getting them from Atlas Scientific.
Mike

[Mike in MD]

Time and date now working



Need to clean up my code and start building my menu pages. Will eventually have icons on the lower right hand corner of screen for navigation

Mike

[iano7000]

Looks good so far. I might have to steal the idea of Room Temperature for my own design.

[Bryanmc1988]

you should make a guide thread on your steps and how you made one... i would love to make my own controller but i'm not sure how to even get all that reading and etc u got from... if you do make a guide ... let me know i would most likely do one also

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by Bryanmc1988

you should make a guide thread on your steps and how you made one... i would love to make my own controller but i'm not sure how to even get all that reading and etc u got from... if you do make a guide ... let me know i would most likely do one also

Once I get everything set up and working, I plan on doing that. It'll be a ways down the road, this is kinda a rainy day project right now due to work.
Mike

[Mike in MD]

Got the set Time/Date screen working last night. Still have to add option for 12/24 hr format, and get it to return to main screen.



Ordering my Temp, pH probes and relays next week, hoping to have most of it working by the end of the month

[boxhead1990]

Il be ordering my touchscreen and mainboard next week hopefully so im deffinatly interested in seeing what sheilds you use with it

Il be using mine to control 2 parastaltic pumps for my macro's and micros mainly

So im interested in how your interface is programed and such

Sent from my ST25a

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

Il be ordering my touchscreen and mainboard next week hopefully so im deffinatly interested in seeing what sheilds you use with it

Il be using mine to control 2 parastaltic pumps for my macro's and micros mainly

So im interested in how your interface is programed and such

Sent from my ST25a

Most of what I have is placeholders right now. I'm still getting a feel for the programming end of it. I have the clock fully working, and when I go on vacation next month I will be getting pretty much everything else working.
Right now I have the 3.2'' Touchscreen, touchscreen shield, DS1307 breakout board, Arduino Mega 2560, and 2 temp probes. Still have to get the pH and O2 breakout boards, relays and SD card. I can PM you the code I have right now, but it needs a lot of cleaning up
Mike

[boxhead1990]

Well im a few weeks from having mine yet il pm you when I get it as your pretty much taking the same route im gunna be going down so il borrow some code when iv gotten it all in the mail

Cheers

Sent from my ST25a

[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

Well im a few weeks from having mine yet il pm you when I get it as your pretty much taking the same route im gunna be going down so il borrow some code when iv gotten it all in the mail

Cheers

Sent from my ST25a

Sounds good, I'll keep an eye out for it

[boxhead1990]

By anychance have you worked out how to drive led in a cost effective way from it at all I keep turning up dead ends shield wise

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[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

By anychance have you worked out how to drive led in a cost effective way from it at all I keep turning up dead ends shield wise

Sent from my ST25a

I'm still checking into DIY drivers. I want to be able to dim down to 0%.
Mike

[boxhead1990]

Have a look around someone built one from a atx power supply but im not sute how they got it to dim tho

I think it was on this forum possably aswell

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[Mike in MD]

Originally Posted by boxhead1990

Have a look around someone built one from a atx power supply but im not sute how they got it to dim tho

I think it was on this forum possably aswell

Sent from my ST25a

I'm using Meanwells on my DIY LED's right now, they just don't dim past 11%. O2surplus has quite a few DIY drivers he has done, thinking about getting a board made for one of his designs.
Mike