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I needed a system to monitor the temperature and humidity of a vivarium (a tortoise house!). | I needed a system to monitor the temperature and humidity of a vivarium (a tortoise house!). | ||
Requirements | == Requirements == | ||
* Have a screen that I can easily see | |||
* Display both temp and humidity | |||
* Beep and flash when things are awry | |||
* Have a way to temporarily disable the alarm whilst working on the vivarium | |||
* 3 Sensors (room, in heat, out of heat) | |||
* The less cables the better | |||
* Be configurable without needing to connect to a computer | |||
* and most of all PUT IT ON THE <b>INTERWEBNETS!</b> (for the world to see, for me to control, and to receive warnings) | |||
== Equipment == | |||
After looking through my box of parts I decided to use the following. | After looking through my box of parts I decided to use the following. | ||
* Nanode - for base sensor monitoring and internet mojo, | |||
* Using three DHT-11 temperature and humidity sensors, simple and accurate enough, | |||
* A blinkm as a warning light system, | |||
* A peizo to beep, | |||
* A PoE injecter and ejackulator to get power over an ethernet cable, | |||
* Using 3.5mm headphone cables and sockets for the sensor cabling, | |||
* A lamp backend for long term logging, | |||
* A liquidware touchshield slide for the screen and user interface. | |||
What does this all mean - 3 arduinos = more roarsome = way overkill project! | What does this all mean - 3 arduinos = more roarsome = way overkill project! | ||
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Proof of Concept | == Proof of Concept == | ||
To see how it all goes I threw a proof of concept setup together without all the internet magic: | To see how it all goes I threw a proof of concept setup together without all the internet magic and simply using a vanilla arduino:<br> | ||
http://youtu.be/c2BtPnkEPjQ | [http://youtu.be/c2BtPnkEPjQ YouTube Video] | ||
Revision as of 23:56, 7 March 2012
I needed a system to monitor the temperature and humidity of a vivarium (a tortoise house!).
Requirements
- Have a screen that I can easily see
- Display both temp and humidity
- Beep and flash when things are awry
- Have a way to temporarily disable the alarm whilst working on the vivarium
- 3 Sensors (room, in heat, out of heat)
- The less cables the better
- Be configurable without needing to connect to a computer
- and most of all PUT IT ON THE INTERWEBNETS! (for the world to see, for me to control, and to receive warnings)
Equipment
After looking through my box of parts I decided to use the following.
- Nanode - for base sensor monitoring and internet mojo,
- Using three DHT-11 temperature and humidity sensors, simple and accurate enough,
- A blinkm as a warning light system,
- A peizo to beep,
- A PoE injecter and ejackulator to get power over an ethernet cable,
- Using 3.5mm headphone cables and sockets for the sensor cabling,
- A lamp backend for long term logging,
- A liquidware touchshield slide for the screen and user interface.
What does this all mean - 3 arduinos = more roarsome = way overkill project!
All that is left is the case which I can magic up on a laser cutter.
Proof of Concept
To see how it all goes I threw a proof of concept setup together without all the internet magic and simply using a vanilla arduino:
YouTube Video
