On Sunday 02 September 2012 08:47:42 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Gabriel Willen <gabewil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought you all would get a kick out of this, but i designed my > > sprinkler system controller using Gladevcp & a few custom hal > > components. I doubt this was in mind when EMC2 was being made but i > > figured hey what the heck. > > > > I have 9 zones. I bought 9 < > > > > http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Probes.phtml> > > and 9 <http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/THERM200/>, along with 9 > > small solar cells. i monitor the sensor readings using an atmega > > micro-controller, pass the analog value to Hal, and adjust each zones > > watering accordingly. then using a parallel port relay board i turn > > the valves on and off. I should have it up and running this week. I > > know I know, why didn't i just write a python program to do it all, > > well i'm just a linuxcnc fan-boy i guess. Plus i feel like this > > sprinkler.comp would be a great addition to the component list on the > > wiki. > > > > okay, let the joke's begin > > > > Gabe > > Jokes hell! That's just too cool for school! Wish I'd have thought > of that. ;-) > > Mark > I have to agree. Dee's niece, on the dairy farm in NY, is also running a CSA garden, part of which is one of those vertical garden, no dirt thingies that she usually has strawberries in. I've had a couple out of it, just as tasty as the usual garden grown, but twice or 3x as big. I would imagine that might be better controlled to economize on the nutrient $olution used, and linuxcnc could probably be used for the brains. I'll investigate as I have no clue what the setup uses to control itself now.
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