Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
I am not really tech savvy. I have to Google the hell out of each thing to figure out how to piece something together. I can do it, it just doesn't come easy. What does the PI use? Maybe I can find him something to tinker with.

I edited the above post to include this link;

https://learn.adafruit.com/users/ranjib

It is a step by step build and user guide for reef pi. The "pi" part comes from Raspberry Pi which is the main brain/controller for the system.

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
I edited the above post to include this link;

https://learn.adafruit.com/users/ranjib

It is a step by step build and user guide for reef pi. The "pi" part comes from Raspberry Pi which is the main brain/controller for the system.

Wow! That is awesome!!!! I assume I can order parts easily online?

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Back at ya! They turned the Chicago River green yesterday, as they always do, in observance of St. Patrick's Day. Chicago is routinely voted best St. Patrick's Day city in the nation as there are 3 parades and a multitude of other happenings.

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
Back at ya! They turned the Chicago River green yesterday, as they always do, in observance of St. Patrick's Day. Chicago is routinely voted best St. Patrick's Day city in the nation as there are 3 parades and a multitude of other happenings.

I'm going to Google that!

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

@crusso1993 they even have touch screens for RP! Oh how cool!

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Wow! That is awesome!!!! I assume I can order parts easily online?

Without any problem whatsoever! There are parts lists along with links to buying the parts in the build and user guides. I could also help with that as their are a number of part upgrades I would recommend.

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
@crusso1993 they even have touch screens for RP! Oh how cool!

There's about everything control related you can do with reef pi. @Ranjib really thought the system out very well and definitely deserves bigtime KUDOS for all things reef pi!

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

@crusso1993 Can you tell me the applications for RP and Arduino? In simple terms. Is RP more the brains and Arduino more for mechanics? Am I way off?

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
There's about everything control related you can do with reef pi. @Ranjib really thought the system out very well and definitely deserves bigtime KUDOS for all things reef pi!

Absolutely! Impressive!!!

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
Without any problem whatsoever! There are parts lists along with links to buying the parts in the build and user guides. I could also help with that as their are a number of part upgrades I would recommend.

I will definitely take your advice.

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

@Katrina71 - another tidbit; the reef pi (Raspberry Pi) system uses Python software which is a coding software system that runs on top of Linux. While Linux is quite more user-friendly than other coding systems, Python is very user-friendly and would prove to be a wonderful resource for Andrew to learn. More and more companies/systems/technologies are moving to Python based platforms.

crusso1993 · Mar 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
I will definitely take your advice.

There are also some "hats" that one can use on the reef pi system that are designed specifically for reef pi. They were developed by other members of R2R. IMHO they are really worth the few extra dollars and simplify things greatly. One such hat, which I highly recommend, is made by user @Michael Lane .

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
@Katrina71 - another tidbit; the reef pi (Raspberry Pi) system uses Python software which is a coding software system that runs on top of Linux. While Linux is quite more user-friendly than other coding systems, Python is very user-friendly and would prove to be a wonderful resource for Andrew to learn. More and more companies/systems/technologies are moving to Python based platforms.

I'm going to start looking for things he can learn for both.

SashimiTurtle · Mar 17, 2019

I would love to use my Google Home Hub as a controller interface on the nano... but that thing is seriously limited on what apps you can install. It's just basic stuff like Pandora, Spotify, YouTube and Netflix... I've searched the interwebs also and I dont see anything on jailbreaking them either.

Katrina71 · Mar 17, 2019

There are lots of inexpensive books on eBay for both! I'm kinda excited.

SashimiTurtle · Mar 17, 2019

crusso1993 said:
Back at ya! They turned the Chicago River green yesterday, as they always do, in observance of St. Patrick's Day. Chicago is routinely voted best St. Patrick's Day city in the nation as there are 3 parades and a multitude of other happenings.

They used to do the Savannah River like that. It's supposed to be the biggest celebration on the east coast. I've never made it down. I bet McDonough's and Kevin Barry's are elbow to elbow...