Well, this is yet another idea I have in mind, whether I'll complete it or not I have no idea... But oh well I'll just write it here so I can take notes and have your input on that as well.
So my mom recently acquired 2 fishtanks because my brother wanted domesticated shrimps (not the ones you eat) and some fishes and, like the computer geek I am, I was like, why not automatizing that up with some sensors and remote controls? I guess that would be kinda fun to have a webpage to turn on and off the lights and read and log the temperature. Yeah, there's some kits you can buy for that, but I think it would be pretty interesting if I do it myself. So here's a list of the parts needed...
- Turning on and off the lights (done, I have a Belkin WeMo switch)
- Temperature sensors (I found some free samples, I guess it's not that hard to waterproof them in silicone, that or I just buy a pre-waterproofed one.)
- pH/ammoniac/nitrite/nitrate sensors (yeah those one are pretty expensive, so I'll just wait until I'm rich.)
- Some LEDs (if I waterproof the temp sensor myself, better throw some LEDs in. Also probably change the colors on them too via the web interface.)
- A web interface (I just finished to set a webserver up in my room, so it's gonna be used... Also I can already start it with the WeMo API somehow, then expand once I have more features in the fishtanks.)
- All those parts would be plugged on an Arduino or Raspberry Pi which would send the data to the web server.
So yeah, gonna be fun.
