Started long time ago as an idea, abandoned few times, but finally it is time to finalize it;
Design is done, parts are in, most of software made.... enjoy the build and test
I like things nice and neat, looking as professional as possible, so the design is made using aluminium casing, 3D printed parts, large OLED display with contrast of 2000:1, I2C output to be able to connect large number of lights if necessary, 12 bit PWM dimming, moon / day / noon adjustable curves, coral adapt mode, photo mode and such features;
On its core have a regular Arduino UNO (can use nano, micro, leonardo, etc). I am using UNO because next updates plan to replace it with an M0 (ARM) and transform it in a full aquarium controller (using same I2C bridge) - but for now will stick to UNO and light controller only.
This is the design, will see how close to it I can get in real life
Design is done, parts are in, most of software made.... enjoy the build and test
I like things nice and neat, looking as professional as possible, so the design is made using aluminium casing, 3D printed parts, large OLED display with contrast of 2000:1, I2C output to be able to connect large number of lights if necessary, 12 bit PWM dimming, moon / day / noon adjustable curves, coral adapt mode, photo mode and such features;
On its core have a regular Arduino UNO (can use nano, micro, leonardo, etc). I am using UNO because next updates plan to replace it with an M0 (ARM) and transform it in a full aquarium controller (using same I2C bridge) - but for now will stick to UNO and light controller only.
This is the design, will see how close to it I can get in real life