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2021-02-06 12:06 pm
Hi All,
My name is Hayden Barker, I am very excited to be part of the forum. I have always had an interest in tinkering and IT. Had a pretty decent IT career and now manage a computer cabling installation company. I recently started using some of out spare warehouse space to engage in Aquaponics. This aquaponics project became more of an electronics tinkering project and I have as yet not grown a single plant. I have however purchased 3 Arduinos, loads of sensors and spent hours learning how to use them. This is the most connected failing garden there ever was. That said, I will have time over the coming months to set it up properly and from there, all my tech should make it easy to manage. I really enjoy the workshop tutorials and their mix of theory and practice. I am originally from New Zealand, but now call Canada home. Feel free to reach out to me about aquaponics, arduino, general IT, some linux, SQL and Excel VBA.
Haydz
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2021-02-06 3:30 pm
I have created a chop and flip system like the one here :
From there I ended up learning the hard way all the things that make aquaponics work. pH levels, temperature, light levels, pump flow meter, syphon meter, relays to turn lights on/off, pump on/off.... all that sort of thing.
I have nicknamed the project ArduinoPonics. Happy to post my progress in a topic if people are interested.
Haydz
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2021-02-07 12:41 pm
@sean451 Here is a link to a few photos of both my tiny prototype with only 1 goldfish, and by barrel that is a work in progress for larger scale. All of this is prototype for a much bigger indoor farming initiative.
Now you've made me hungry for that basil.
Cheers!
--->Sean
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2021-02-07 12:43 pm
I have nicknamed the project ArduinoPonics
I had a dabble in hydroponics last year, just a kit with a tray, a pump and provided (and expensive) fertilisers to feed the plants. It all worked out quite well, though not noticeably better than my earth planted veggies. To progress further I need to establish my own fertiliser source for the hydroponics as I could have purchased the veggies cheaper. 😀
Its certainly something I will look to take on and improve in the future and seeing how you use your ArduinoPonics is of great interest to me, so I look forward to your future posts.
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2021-02-07 1:57 pm
@byron cool ! Always glad to know there is someone else interested. I am just rewriting my prototype code into something more presentable and I can share it with you. I have all the Amazon links for parts and such. My main problem has been that I was trying to do it in our workshop at work, and lighting was inconsistent. I'm buying a grow tent, figure in for a penny in for a pound. So far the project has been more about Arduino than agriculture but I'm hoping as I get everything I need that will turn around and I will have a somewhat automated garden.
I believe there is a projects section on the forum here so I might start a post there for people to follow my progress, it will also be available on my blog at www.kiwi-solutions.ca. as money allows, I'll be moving my website to an rPi rather than cheap internet hosting. Much cooler 🙂
Haydz
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2021-02-07 7:26 pm
This afternoon's testing and playing. I had it all working really nicely but the code was a nightmare. I'm taking a leaf out of Linus Torvalds book and add some "taste" to my code. I learned how to use functions for repeated tasks which is totally going to clean a lot of stuff up, and I guess save some memory eventually.
Haydz
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2021-02-07 7:27 pm
...and as you can see there is no room in my condo for a workshop, so the side of my desk is the best it gets.
Haydz