heres a little talk through that diagram ; going from the top mains power comes in to the box and is split in two ways, one side powers the SSR's and the other is fed to an internal 2-way mains extension block. With the SSR side negative is fed directly to the sockets and the live is switched throug...
managed to get a few more things sorted on the control box tonite, still got the usb hub to fit tomorrow but the rest looks good to go. I'll post a wiring diagram tomorrow, running short of time :( 16.JPG Now the only power in is into the control box, the Raspberry Pi is fed 5V from the beefy 3.8A P...
looking good guys. have got some of the software scripting sorted out over the weekend so that the Pi now controls the lighting ON/OFF period for a start, and building up more scripts that manage the other functions. just wrapping up (I hope) a box containing the mains electronics, switches and indi...
Ok peeps next update, I have now connected the extra hardware that we need - the relays to control the lighting, an LED so we know when its "live" , and a switch to stop it being live (so we dont get caught in shot). To do it I connected to the Raspberry Pi's P1 interface, where there is s...
Ok things are getting up and running! the Raspberry Pi is a great little thing really. I connected the board up, HDMI to my TV for the moment, LAN, USB hub with mouse and keyboard. I also attached the Pi's camera module on, inserted the SD card which is pre-loaded with the operating system "ras...
ok the bits are here, so can get started putting the timelapse system together. Im calling it, Pi-Lapse :) Heres the parts I have now ; Raspberry Pi Model B (512MB) + Pi Camera Module £54.90 8GB SD Card with Raspian Wheezy OS Preloaded £6.80 Raspberry Pi Clear Enclosure £2.80 2 x SSR Relay Heatsinks...
holy mother of *****. that is amazing ledbud. those monsters are just crazy dense and they look same way from every angle!!!! I was thinking about giving the airpots a whirl and seeing you and autoberry blogs, im definitely putting some of those things on order. looks like those plants are really ma...
awesome blog autoberry. really good from the start with the concise info you gave on your setup et al, i might have to use your template one day! looking fantastic there, going to be great to see how these guys finish up, im definitely following this one