DIY Aquarium Controller - Reefberry Pi June 2019 Update

This video is about Reefberry Pi June 2019 Update
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[@tplummer217]

The hobby needs an alternative to the apex. Keep it up!

[@circle4922]

Indoor gardeners agree! Hah.

[@afelan69]

Amazing job ReefSpy!! Congratulations I was wondering, Where do I can get a copy of the codes and scripts that you use for this, as well as the material list

[@KyleStorm666]

Love the progress, looking forward to having a shot at making my own at some point in the future! One idea for the heater controller is to have a minimum time between the heater turning on/off just in case you want to keep the on/off temperatures a bit closer together down for more sensitive corals.

[@brianc2547]

Beautiful thing youre doing! I just stumbled across your channel on my search to further automate my life. The beauty of your backend architecture is the compatibility with openhab as a cloud/remote access and control through amqp. Really looking forward to getting my hands on all of the code and circuit designs you have. Subbed!

[@Reefgrrl]

Bummer about the expensive probe - hopefully someone at BRS finds out about it! I loved this video! Why? Not because I’m really enjoying the evolution of the Spyberry Pie. Not because a deep-down part of me loves this type of automation and I don’t trust Apex. Not because I completely understand the hours and hours that have gone into getting this far and I understand how obsessed one can become. None of these! It’s because my kitchen always looks something like that!! Masses of cables and boxes and powerheads and 10 gallon tanks all over the place! YESSSSS! Validation! 😳

[@ReefSpy]

haha, thanks for watching Reefgrrl, its become a labor of love.

[@penguin1714]

Watching your videos is always bittersweet because your stuff looks awesome and then I realize how lazy I am lol. Looks great!

[@ReefSpy]

lol, hopefully someday I will have this all documented where anyone can easily build one by following the directions.

[@subhannooriansyah]

Your idea so awesome, I want to build something like your project, thank you for inspiring me

[@InfamousAquatics]

This is well above my head, but I like it.

[@MichellesMermaidRoom]

I wish I had a little bit of your knowledge but my husband totally does. I don't think I can convince him to put it to use for my tanks. ❤🧜‍♀️

[@jameswagner4067]

That looks great!! Keep up the work, there is a great need for an alternative to the apex.

[@Gmtail]

FYI those aren't step down transformers but rather a buck converter which is a type of switching power supply. Amazing work though..

[@ReefSpy]

thank you. i don't know much about electronics but I am learning more every time I work on this!

[@mnelson10000]

Wow that's awesome man, very nice!! It would be really cool to create a Pi hat for all of your connections!

[@LukasEragon]

Check out the "Leviathan" sites.google.com/view/leviathan-aquarium/home

[@theoriginalgiz]

good job, doing my own with the pi as well

[@WilSantiagoReefing]

Excellent work ReefSpy! I know the work it took behind this project as I am a systems administrator. Are you a programmer by day and reef hobbyists by night? Lol.

[@ReefSpy]

haha, pretty much. Thanks for watching Wil!

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Verry cool

[@togrodnik]

Great job bud! Did I miss your server setup video? I'm server-challenged!

[@ReefSpy]

Hi Tim, the server is a separate piece of software running in the background. I explain it in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHfapIqli6ugjrs

[@kerm007]

whish plastic box you buy and what are the others parts also ?

[@janickithomas]

Thanks for yours work;-)

[@Blueridgedog]

Love it, understand it...but please keep the camera still...then cut/edit clips of what you want.

[@chrisb2996]

Which salinity probe are you using? Did it come with the controller board ? havent found any for under $150

[@ReefSpy]

The probe is made by Apera. I’m using it with a controller board I got from DFRobot. Unfortunately its still not a cheap combo. Good quality salinity probes are expensive.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

How much better do you think the expensive probes are? Also: In terms of ADCs I can recommend the ADS1115 boards from China. Much cheaper, smaller and easier to use, have 16bit resolution, programmable gain, negative voltage and differential measurement and you can set the sps to 16 to make filtering easier. I think I will use that one when I start mucking around with these probes.

[@ReefSpy]

Cool, I will look into that ADC, thanks for the tip. All I can tell you about probes is that I initially used a cheap $8 pH probe from eBay. It was not very reliable. Although I could get it to calibrate perfectly, it would quickly give me inconsistent results over time. I switched to a more expensive probe and I got more consistent results. I'd recommend the cheap probe only for development, but once you start using your controller on a real system, buy a better probe.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

@@ReefSpy how do you know the results where inconsistent? Did you measure a drift with respect to calibration fluids? Did the more expensive probe keep the consistency over the same time?

[@Andreas-gh6is]

@@ReefSpy Also take a look at the pca9685 16 channel i2c pwm boards.

[@modelrailwaytheeasyway9743]

Great work. Did you find the ph probes giving inconstant data? I can’t decide wether I need a double junction prob or not.

[@ReefSpy]

I found my cheap eBay probe gave inconsistent data. I used both double junction and single junction probes from Bulk Reef Supply and they gave much better results. Also make sure the probe circuit is electrically isolated or else you can get erroneous results.

[@modelrailwaytheeasyway9743]

ReefSpy so would running the voltage supply from a separate buck convert be the best way to go and just have the ground connection with the pi be the way to go. I also found that when I take the reading in the tank I get more fluctuations which I take it’s picking up stray voltage. So thinking it would be better to come up with a dosing pump putting water into a container over the sump which will then empty back in to the sump after a test. But will try some better probes first.

[@ReefSpy]

@@modelrailwaytheeasyway9743 I'm not sure. I used an Analog Signal Isolator circuit. It seemed to work for me. Check out DFRobot.com Thats where I got mine.

[@philosofish6128]

Has this project been abandoned?

[@kellyvb9881]

Was wondering is the software will be available as well as a actual How to build these boxes. Got an 8 channel relay board and a temp probe so far that i'm playing around with.

[@ReefSpy]

I would love to provide all of that at some point, but for now I still focused on completing the rest of the features I intend to implement.

[@jaapjabaay6471]

Great, I installed reef pi and it`s working but how do make a neat dashboard such as yours.

[@ReefSpy]

I wrote my own software. I used python programming language.

[@LukasEragon]

@@ReefSpy ReefSpy, any chance you're willing to share that dashboard? :-) - Also. What are your thoughts on the "Leviathan"? sites.google.com/view/leviathan-aquarium/home

[@andresolivo1]

Please look to get this manufacture for half the price of apex. They’re way to expensive!!! I hate that reef keeper when out of business. I love there products and want them back.

[@pierosantagata8443]

Hi, the code for this project is free?

[@ReefSpy]

I wrote it myself

[@pierosantagata8443]

@@ReefSpy ah! Ok, I understand, very good project, I like it. You share the code?

[@johnrapoza]

@@ReefSpy Nice Job!! What language or app are you creating your program in?

[@Bryancarls]

Is the source code for this available?

[@ReefSpy]

I’ve posted everything I’ve done on Github, but its not really finished and there is no documentation. Hopefully some day I’ll be able to put some more work into it.

[@carmelopolimeni5748]

@@ReefSpy hello I am having difficulty because I do not have the components list and software to manage the project. Can you help me?

[@ReefSpy]

@@carmelopolimeni5748 Which components are you have trouble finding? I bought most of my things on eBay or Amazon.

[@carmelopolimeni5748]

@@ReefSpy 282/5000 I am an electrician with a passion for Aquarius; i saw youtube your magnificent project, without schematics and knowing what components you use, i am not able to build your prototype. I need information, software to build this plant wonder.

[@perfecthit2663]

@ReefSpy kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKe5cpmGdst1gaM türkiyeden selamlar

[@ReefSpy]

very cool!

[@perfecthit2663]

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