What is this project about?
This project's vision is to enable folks to enjoy their aquariums by creating an easy to use automation platform on which the community can add/update modules.
The code and documentation are to be 100% open-source. Submissions are to be done via Pull Requests so we can ensure consistency.
No decision on license yet, but if you wish to use this as a foundation for a business, go ahead! As a responsible citizen you would, of course, contribute back in the same manner with which this project was given. Right? :)
Features:
- Node-Red base code for Logic and Control
- MQTT Message Bus for interoperability between sensors and controllers
- Communication to the outside world HTTP
- Dashboard system (Grafana + InfluxDB)
- Sensors
- pH (I2C)
- Electrical Conductivity (EC/TDS) (I2C)
- Water Level (I2C and WiFi)
- Temperature
- Automated Water Change
- Drain 5 gal of water from tank
- Stop Filter
- Start ATO
- Re-start Filter
- Dose Macros, Micros, GH and KH
- Automated dosing (WiFi)
- Controlled 8 socket power strip for controlling AC based devices (WiFi)
- Automated Top-off (ATO)
- Automated temperature control
- PWM digital control of LED lighting
- Fully automatic CO2 injection / pH controller (use pH to control CO2 rather than other way around)
- Starts 1 hr before lights ramp update
- Quick load of CO2 until pH drop from 6.8 to 6
- Maintain pH of 6 until lights ramp down
- Alerting/notifying via Twitter
##As a consumer of this system, you would be responsible for:
- Building the sensor packages
- Ensuring your sensor packages follow the standards laid out here (e.g. JSON format)
- Ensuring your sensor packages can communicate with the core system
- Adding any code specific to your sensors
Some systems on the horizon:
- Alerting/notifying via SMS/email
- ORP
- Colorimetric sensing for KH, CO2 and others, automated titration based on CY-31 board.
- Sensor to watch CO2 cylinder level
Latest diagram...
- Some format and content lifted from CrazyMittens