How many IO connections? I use a BCS-460 for my little brewery. It was designed with brewers in mind, but could be used for any application needing web based control for relays and such. There are a couple models with different numbers of inputs and outputs, has a built in web server for controlling it all, and they have an API so you could write your own. I wrote an andoid app called Brew Mate on the android market so I can use my phone with it. It might be worth looking at before re-inventing the wheel.
Cameron On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Ty Featherling via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > I have been asked what the feasibility is of us developing a controller > that can control some servos and relays to control a few things in a comm > building. Basically be able to turn the lights on and off, monitor the > temperature, turn on a heater, and control a magnetic door lock. The > products are all lined out for controlling each of those but we need a > controller that can deal with the IO and be able to be run from a webpage. > > My first though was Arduino or Beagleboard. Anyone have any experience > with these things that could recommend a platform to build off of? The > basic requirements are ethernet interface, a number of digital and analog > IO connections and the ability to communicate with a web-server backend. > > -Ty >
