Maybe I am starting too big for my first Arduino project, but from what I have read on this forum there is no project too big for the immense wealth of info available here.
In short, what I am looking to accomplish, is to have a system of sensors connected to a arduino board, connected to a network router, giving a user the ability to view the state of the sensors on a graphical diagram, on a web page, over the network and internet.
Here are the details:
There should be sensors for detecting the on/off state of up to 10-15 AC motors.
There should be sensors detecting the temperature of up to 5-7 water tanks
There should be inputs available for more sensors 2-3 (ie. salinity,etc)
I would like it, if when a motor has changed state (on/off) to be notified by email
I would like it, if a temperature sensor has reached a certian limit, to be notified by email
I would possibly like to be able to control the state of the above AC motors
I know a little about programming but would love to learn lots more,
So, where do I start? Should I get the Mega board, with the Arduino Ethernet Shield, will this be enough?
What about temperature sensors, any recomendations?
I think sensing the state of the motors should be easy though relays, but not so sure about controling them.
And the programing for internet viewing of the sensors, well I have no idea where to start for that.
So ANY comments or recomendations will be appreciated.
Thanks
Rawleigh