When it came to the software I was really wanting to try out some software I had seen which if I could do it over I would have done something differently but due to time and so much going on it wasn't in the books. I had to make something work ...
When I started with the electronics I scoured around my workshop to pull all the parts out of bins to see what I go, low and behold I had some items. But not sure how or if they will work I decided to go ahead with the project of getting the el...
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Classes
Common properties for all the classes
Common methods for all the classes
Code for lights
Code for fan
Code for Humidif...
BLOG# 11 - Edible Algae System - (Growing Spirulina in space)Conclusions and Enhancements for future systemsThis is my FINAL blog post in a series of blog post for the Design Challenge 1 Meter of Piversion 1.1 ,<<< PREVIOUS BLOGBlog# 10...
Unfortunate turn of events I was planning a build sprint from Christmas to the end of the contest on my off days for holidays. Did a lot of research, planned everything and gathered all the required materials (covid-19 definitely made that diffi...
Hi everyone !Hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Another weekly update, but with a bit more this week.We all know that the project timeline is ending, but I'm going to keep posting here until the first vegetables are h...
latepost1meterofpiHello everyone, I had received hardware a bit late due to customs issue and delivery delays due to covid-19. This is a late post, everything recorded below is actually been tested and implemented duri...
As I am going to use RGB LED strips to provide proper lights to my plants, I have started to do experiments with thestrips I have. The LED strip is 2m long with 60Leds/m. Each LED consumes approx ~60 mAmps. This means the entirestrip would need appro...
Previous BlogProject R.A.G. - Blog #7 - The Mainframe - P1Blog #8 - Mechanical Build P2 - Robot On Rails
1. Introduction
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3. Rail system
Problems from last time
Setting the Vref
Protecting the driver
New mount for the m...
A very short update: there are more and more sprouts, however they are growing slower than I expected and there are a lot of sprouts on the wrong side of the vase. Need more light? YES, the problem was definitely that the amount of light provide...
CONSTRUCTING THE BOTRobo Arm:The above picture shows the unassembled parts of the robo arm with 4 DOF. And the arm looks like this after the build or assembly. Base of the Bot:The above picture shows the unassembled parts of the Base with 2 DOF....
As we all know, lighting is important. It's crucial to plant development- Ok I'm going to skip that boring intro since we all know plants need water yada yada yada. I mean, I could talk about photocells and phosphorus and photo...
BLOG# 10 -Edible Algae System - (Growing Spirulina in space) Application Implementation and TestsThis is my 10th blog post in a series of blog post for the Design Challenge 1 Meter of Piversion 1.1,<<< PREVIOUS BLOGNEX BLOG >>Blo...
We've already taken a look into the contents of the challenger kit. Now lets get started with the components of the kit.Getting Started with Raspberry Pi 4: Before getting started we ne...
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Power supply
Raspberry PI
Enviro HAT
Humidifier components.
Fan components.
LED strips.
Power supply
The power supply is an ATX PSU with 24-pin cable. The power connector pinout ...
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The Wiring Pi package
GPIO Utility
Allow connection to PI desktop GUI without monitor
The Wiring Pi package
The Wiring PI package contains the GPIO utility which I can use from&nbs...
Almost done with assembly! Here: Front view, powered off. Power structure: There are two 110V AC plugs required. One is a cable extender to power pi and arduino, and one for the pump. I figured it might be a good idea f...
