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== Vivarium Monitoring System - [[User:Ascen|Asc]] == | |||
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!). | ||
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* A PoE injecter and ejackulator to get power over an ethernet cable, | * A PoE injecter and ejackulator to get power over an ethernet cable, | ||
* Using 3.5mm headphone cables and sockets for the sensor cabling, | * Using 3.5mm headphone cables and sockets for the sensor cabling, | ||
* A | * A LAMP backend for long term logging, | ||
* A | * A 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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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> | 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 YouTube Video] | [http://youtu.be/c2BtPnkEPjQ YouTube Video] | ||
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Revision as of 15:43, 10 March 2012
Vivarium Monitoring System - Asc
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 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
