New ReeFi aquarium controllers coming in April

[danlu_gt]

http://www.reefi-lab.com/index.php/2018/03/12/reefi-temperature-wifi-controller/

 

[Lexinverts]

31 minutes ago, danlu_gt said:

http://www.reefi-lab.com/index.php/2018/03/12/reefi-temperature-wifi-controller/

 

This is exciting @danlu_gt. I can't wait to try it out!

[albertareef]

2 hours ago, danlu_gt said:

http://www.reefi-lab.com/index.php/2018/03/12/reefi-temperature-wifi-controller/

 

Exciting stuff Daniel!  Looking forward to seeing more on this.

[Emerald525]

Whoa someone is actually going to take on Apex! It’s about time !

[Paratore]

I’ll ask the question everyone wants to know lol. How much will it run?


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[danlu_gt]

On 3/12/2018 at 7:02 PM, Paratore said:

I’ll ask the question everyone wants to know lol. How much will it run?


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Should be very competitive.  I'm still sourcing parts.  Tax time is taking up most of my time... frantically searching for my receipts for all my business expanses.  Maybe if I get audited, I'll just hand over a bucket of receipts and have them sort it out.  haha

[danlu_gt]

Here's a quick sneak preview of the ReeFi Temperature AI module.

Features:

• 4 power relays (can assign any power relays switch to heater, fan, backup heater, backup fan).
• Detects heater failure and auto disable it and activate backup heaters.
• WIFI network to communicate with future ReeFi AI modules (rec other sensor data, send temp data.  Example, disable all heater if water level drop below xx amount).
• Notification (WIP)
• Web browser interface
• User can upgrade firmware when new features are added.

Attach is a quick video where I'm cycling the temperature between 77F to 80F.  Bottom 4 squares indicate the power relay switches, solid squares when that relay is ON.  H indicate heater and C indicate fan.

 

Let me know if you have any features you would like to suggest.

 

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[albertareef]

5 hours ago, danlu_gt said:

Here's a quick sneak preview of the ReeFi Temperature AI module.

Features:

• 4 power relays (can assign any power relays switch to heater, fan, backup heater, backup fan).
• Detects heater failure and auto disable it and activate backup heaters.
• WIFI network to communicate with future ReeFi AI modules (rec other sensor data, send temp data.  Example, disable all heater if water level drop below xx amount).
• Notification (WIP)
• Web browser interface
• User can upgrade firmware when new features are added.

Attach is a quick video where I'm cycling the temperature between 77F to 80F.  Bottom 4 squares indicate the power relay switches, solid squares when that relay is ON.  H indicate heater and C indicate fan.

 

Let me know if you have any features you would like to suggest.

 

0f47e3d5-846f-4315-86bf-c5535638333d.mp4

Cool!  So this unit would presumably take a temp probe input directly but use WiFi communication with other modules to incorporate control off of other variables (e.g. water level)?  Definitely like the auto disable with heater failure (using a ground leak detect?).  Really looking forward to see where this goes.

[danlu_gt]

1 hour ago, albertareef said:

Cool!  So this unit would presumably take a temp probe input directly but use WiFi communication with other modules to incorporate control off of other variables (e.g. water level)?  Definitely like the auto disable with heater failure (using a ground leak detect?).  Really looking forward to see where this goes.

That's exactly correct.

I need to update the PCB slightly but now thinking of adding hall-effect current sensor instead of temp along to determine heater failure.

[albertareef]

5 minutes ago, danlu_gt said:

That's exactly correct.

I need to update the PCB slightly but now thinking of adding hall-effect current sensor instead of temp along to determine heater failure.

This would be sweet. Would be nice to have a failure trigger separate from temp.