Reef Angel: Open-Source Controller

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  1. reefangel

    reefangel 3reef Sponsor

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    Yes you can do that :)
     
    reefangel, May 25, 2010
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  2. reefangel

    reefangel 3reef Sponsor

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    Hi Chris,

    I'm not sure what you are referring to as any king of dosing unit.
    Some dosing units already have a controller built-in, but if you are talking about a Drew's doser or any other peristaltic pump that you need a timer to control the dosing quantity, then yes.
    So, this controller can turn the dosing pump on/off from hours down to milisecond if you wanted to, but that's just an overkill.
    Most people use seconds and it is good enough.
    You can setup the controller to control the dosing pump in a schedule that would dose the tank every hour for 10 seconds for example.
    My pumps have a much higher flow rate so I just turn them for 2s every hour.
    I hope this answers your questions.
     
    reefangel, May 25, 2010
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  3. ontop27

    ontop27 Ritteri Anemone

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    Sweet i'm excited to get one after my 56 is cycled, 3 sockets for main lights, 1 for fuge light, one for auto top, 2 for dosing, one for fan and one for heater...so excited!!
     
    ontop27, May 25, 2010
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  4. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    WTF????!!!!!! Unheard of! This is really cool, man! What drives you to design and produce this unit if you're going to make barely any money on it and everyone can mess with the code????

    I mean, do not get me wrong. It looks good, sounds even better and it's open source! Incredible!!! I'm just in awe here.

    Now, only if I had enough money to buy anything else for this tank!
    Unemployment sucks major @$$ !!
     
    Magnus, May 27, 2010
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  5. Nealio

    Nealio Coral Banded Shrimp

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    My Reef Angel was ordered today. I can't wait to get it!
     
    Nealio, May 27, 2010
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  6. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    Congrats, brother!!! I will jump on this as soon as I catch up with bills and get some money to spend. Hopefully the deal with all the probes, etc will still be available at that price.

    I kind of got a hint that you will be definitely playing a lot with this toy. Let me know how it does. The coding seems simple enough for almost anyone to mess with.
     
    Magnus, May 27, 2010
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  7. doog

    doog Peppermint Shrimp

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    ordered one too. now just stressing out about getting it to do what i want!!

    edit - just a few hours later and i've already got some code written and compiled for this thing. now i just can't wait for it to show up!
     
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    doog, May 28, 2010
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  8. reefangel

    reefangel 3reef Sponsor

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  9. Nealio

    Nealio Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I just got mine, unpacking it as I type!
     
    Nealio, Jun 3, 2010
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  10. jakeh24

    jakeh24 Pajama Cardinal

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    ;D post pictures
     
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