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Hello :) Congratulations for the project and thank you for sharing it. I am just starting with this so excuse my maybe naive questions.

1) I downloaded the image and I mounted to rootfs3

i) Can I go about and modify the python files to my liking? Then I need to create again the image?

rootfs3/home/pi/env/autonom Here is where the back end basically resides?

ii) I see the project in github has only pdf and readme files. No github fork is available?

2) Could be this applicable to hydroponic and aeroponic or solely to grow with soil?

Thank you :) Hope you guys in Italy are alright.

Cheers

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BeLee

Apr 02, 2020

Thank you for all the advice. I will share more once I have something going. Need to study botany and about the circuits as well. Have a great one! Cheers BeLee

BeLee

Apr 02, 2020

Excellent many thanks. I was looking at this: https://github.com/RodolfoAndrade/hydrosys

My implementation idea is to make a column that shower internally the roots (aeroponic) and it's also indoor.

I reckon that I need to put some cotton and the humidity sensor inside. Then I want to use a 300+Watt LED so I can't power that with the RPi. I need to use an additional HAT? I am guessing it's fairly dangerous, given I have no electrical engineering education.

Of course I need the other components as well, pump, temperature etc..

I really appreciate your prompt reply and your decision to go open source.

Cheers

BeLee

hydrosys4

Apr 02, 2020

Replying to

I have to admit that the name "Hydrosys" is not so original :) there are hundreds of references to this name on google and on github. (I should have given a more creative name to my system).

Anyway going back to the 300+ watt LED, yes you are right, better to study the correct way to connect it and make it safe especially if in high voltage (110 or 220 v AC).

On the other side the Raspberry PI and also the Arduino are just the controllers which do not connect directly to the loads. For the connection with the power loads it is important to use an appropriate set or relays (or whatever high power solid state electronics) which will interface the controller from one side and the load from the other.

Cheers,

Angelo

hydrosys4

Apr 02, 2020

Hello,

Here my comments:

1.i) Yes, you can modify the files. No you are not required to make a new image.

1.ii) The Github folder includes all the files and source code: https://github.com/Hydrosys4/Master

2) well, the software can be used as general purpose control system. Anyway I know just the basic principles of hydroponics, I never implemented it so cannot give advises.

In case you want to share more details of your implementation ideas, I'll be happy to discuss about it.

Regards,

Angelo