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cquent — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:20:00 GMT

Hello, I want to size a water heat sink to dissipate the power of 16 MOSFET transistors of 300W each. I would like to do this study to compare it to a finned radiator with fan. However, I don't know how to go about it.Can you help me? Thank you(read more)

Mushrooms' Paradise #0. The whole blog

ilvyanyatka — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 03:36:00 GMT

#1. Initial Plan #2. Prepare mushrooms cakes for growing #3. Inoculation of mushrooms cakes #4. System design #5. Vegetables set up #6. Initial Configuration of Raspberry PI and ESP32 #7. List of components controlled by Raspberry PI and the schemati...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #30 | (Un)expected problems

feiticeir0 — Mon, 24 May 2021 07:56:28 GMT

Hi all ! Welcome to another update of the analog version of Space Vegetables. Fruits and Vegetables With the summer almost here and the sun shinning brighter and brighter every day, the fruits are starting to grow.The Bell peppe...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #29 | Taste the taste

feiticeir0 — Wed, 05 May 2021 08:43:28 GMT

Hi all ! Welcome to another update, this one a little more tasteful than the last. Yesterday, I finally tried a vegetable from the "analog" version of Space Vegetables. Most salads are ready to harvest and the bell peppers are be...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #28

feiticeir0 — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:44:36 GMT

Hi all ! Hope everyone is well and sound. I know it has been a while, but I still the project going and it's going well.Vegetables In the last update, I had moved the greenhouse to my terrace.Unfortunately, in that week (and a couple ...(read more)

Mushrooms' Paradise #16. It works!

ilvyanyatka — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:24:00 GMT

The whole Mushrooms' Paradise blog So I think it will be the last post for this blog. After software and hardware modifications the mushroom farm started to produce healthy mushrooms! Just a couple of interesting notes: Mushroom cakes ...(read more)

Mushrooms' Paradise #15. Update on the Farm

ilvyanyatka — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:29:00 GMT

The whole Mushrooms' Paradise blog Here is a short update on the mushrooms' farm. Unfortunately, the first batch of mushrooms died. I think my EnviroHAT was a bit defective and was showing humidity much higher than it really was. My co...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #27

feiticeir0 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:26:00 GMT

Hi all ! Hope everyone is well. Here's another update on the project. I'm going to keep doing these because the project is still ongoing until I get to eat something grown there ! Greenhouse Because the weather is improving eac...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #26 | biweekly update

feiticeir0 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:06:44 GMT

Hello all. Hope everyone is safe and sound. Here's another update from the Space Vegetables project. Vegetables are growing well, especially the salads. Any day now and I'm able to harvest some to try. Tomatoes and Bell peppers a...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #25 | biweekly update

feiticeir0 — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:55:23 GMT

Hello everyone. Hope all are well and safe. This be hard times. Welcome to another update of keeping the Astronauts feed and alive ! This week I've noted that there was some condensation inside the greenhouse. I was not expecting tha...(read more)

Space Vegetables - #24 | biweekly update

feiticeir0 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:48:53 GMT

Hello all ! Hope everyone is felling well and safe. Although 1 meter of PI Design Challenge is officially over, I will keep posting until I have some vegetables out of it ! The plants are growing well, and the tomatoes are already to...(read more)

Agrocube: The assembly and maintenance

vishwasn — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:12:28 GMT

In my previous blog, you all learnt this is a simple control system that uses water, ventilation and light to grow plants in modular cells,In this blog let's connect everything and run it.Here's the logo of the Agrocube Let's get started:Use a 12V po...(read more)

Blog 9+10 Final project

embeddedguy — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:35:54 GMT

I will use these last two blogs to only document the project I have done so far. Though I feel that there is still many things on which I could improve,add more components and code but I am happy with what I was able to do in this challenge. The...(read more)

The Space Salad System Blog 10 - Reflection/Future Directions + Acknowledgements

rockcacti — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:20:01 GMT

Previous Blog PostsBlog 1 - Challenge Overview + Plant Growth Factors Blog 2 - Plant Growth Chamber Design Blog 3 - The Project Plan + Prototype Materials Blog 4 - Automation Using The Challenger Kit Blog 5 - Enclosure Prototype + Light/Air/Temperature Bl...(read more)

Agrocube: Control System

vishwasn — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:05:21 GMT

Got my automation mini hat working now. Yay! excited to write this after a gap. Completely got delayed due to various circumstances, but I just don't want to give up.My plants didn't sprout properly due to 2 reasons one the seed I chose was s...(read more)