Hello all
I have never done any programming of any kind, but I think I am capable of following instructions with the proper guidance. The project I have in mind is for my hydro room. I use a drain to waste system with 3 reservoirs. I use dry nutrients so I would not need to automate that part. Therefore I would like to be able to control both ph up and down for the 3 reservoirs, monitor air temperature and humidity in 2 zones, and be able to operate the lights in both zones. Also I would like to have some room for expansion (eg. fan control.) Any advice or point in the right direction would be appreciated.
phantom1221:
I have never done any programming of any kind, but I think I am capable of following instructions with the proper guidance.
In my experience programming requires more than the ability to follow instructions. It's not the same as building a Lego model or some flat-pack furniture. With programming things are likely to go wrong and you will need knowledge and experience to figure out the problem and fix it.
It's very unlikely that you will find that someone else has made a program that does exactly what you want with the external hardware that you have. And if you find a program that has many similarities to your project you may still find that it would actually be easier to write a program from scratch rather than modify an existing program.
If this is the only project you want to implement and have no general interest in learning to program then you may find that this just becomes frustrating - unless you can find someone to do the programming for you. You could ask in the Gigs and Collaborations section of the Forum for someone to do the programming for you if you are prepared to pay.
On the other hand, many of us find that writing programs is great fun with a great sense of satisfaction when the program finally works as required. The Arduino IDE comes with a lot of simple example programs that probably cover all of the techniques that you will need. And there are many online Tutorials and YouTube videos about Arduino programming to help get you started.
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Do a search for 'hydroponic' on the forum, there are quite a few topics that may give inspiration / guidance.
One popular one is:
It all starts with sensors.
Temperature. ds18b20 with wires.
Humidity BME280 (not bm 'P' 280)
PH ? Not sure what you need.
Search. Ph sensor Arduino .
To see what others might use.
Each sensor should also have tutorials and YouTube vids.
Controls for dosing is a little more involved.
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