GROWMAT is automation unit for homes, greenhouses, fields for growing fruits, vegetables or flowers. Can be used as standalone automation unit, remote control or supervision and security system and can save your time, because can works almost without supervising.
Using of industrial standards gives a possibility connect to system thousands instruments available on market.
Main Control Unit is based on Raspberry Pi with Linux OS.
User interface is web base application written in Python Django framework.
Communication with remote sensors and peripherals is using industrial MODBUS Modbus - Wikipedia protocol and RS485 RS-485 - Wikipedia standard.
GROWMAT is open source https://github.com/bcsedlon/growmat http://www.instructables.com/id/GROWMAT/, you can build it yourself or buy from us http://growmat.czweb.org/.
COMPACT
CONTROL UNIT
COMPACT INPUTS
COMPACT OUTPUTS
CO2 SENSOR (remote)
PIR SENSOR (remote)
PH SENSOR (remote)
ULTRASONIC SENSOR (remote)
Communication with industrial devices
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My kind of thread! I’m also building automated growing, except I went with an Arduino. I just finished building an 8 head peristaltic pump dosing module that is controlled with TIP120 circuits and resistors between the transistor gates and the digital pins. Still doing some trouble shooting to get it fully operational.
Have you ever heard of Blynk? It’s an app that links IoS or Android devices to popular micros such as Arduino and Rpi, Beaglebone and a few others. Their app is very well developed and the service is free. Personalizing the app on the smartphone is easy and greatly extends the functionality of our controllers. For instance, my feed pumps are activated a few times a day for feedings, then the digital pin goes to the relays off position, but if I toggle a switch on my phone, that pump turns back on which is very helpful for weekly res changes. Because of Blynk, my RO pump kicks on for the programmed amount of time it takes to produce (x.yz) amount of gallons, so when building a fresh res, or just lowering ppm, I can call for as little as 0.25 gallons, and the accuracy is changed in the phone app, and not the sketch/program. It’s very cool shit, you should check it out. BLYNK
Do you have any videos of your electronics in operation? I’d love to see how it all works for you.
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Hi @Skybound, welcome to OG! If you find Arduino more suitable, there is also Growduino project from @r-man, you may find interesting…
Growduino - environment control system
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