My diy led build using arduino controller

[mark sid tottle]

here is another pic from the side on view of all the drivers stacked up.

 

[mark sid tottle]

right now time to show the leds working. the power is set to about 35%-40%. no lenses fitted yet, apart from the 3w leds.

 

[mark sid tottle]

now with all the lenses fitted.

 

[mark sid tottle]

with everything connected to the power supply.

here is the pair of the leds running.

 

[heathd.hd]

Looking good sir!

 

[mark sid tottle]

as promised TJ's Reef here is the picture with both units on full power. sorry for the camera angle but when i tried to get a better picture the camera went all weird and wouldn't focus.

Thoughts please.

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[hisham]

OMG bro it looks so awsome.. can u plz tell me how much did it cost u to build this whole thing?

 

[mark sid tottle]

OMG bro it looks so awsome.. can u plz tell me how much did it cost u to build this whole thing?

About £350 bud.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Thank you for sharing.

Great build

 

[mark sid tottle]

I thought its would be best to share some information about the software I'm using, The Jarduino Aquarium Controller is an Arduino based controller with a 3.2'' color Touch Screen LCD Display. Its user-friendly graphical interface is capable of dynamically controlling & monitoring LEDs, fans, and powerheads, as well as controlling a heater, a chiller, an alarm, and an automatic fish feeder. It’s also capable of being expanded with relative ease. The code was originally inspired by the Krusduino and Stilo projects.

MAIN FEATURES (Jarduino Aquarium Controller v.1.1):
• Control up to 5 separate LED Channels for White, Blues, Royal Blues, UV, & Red (or any color choices)
• Control a 6th Channel for a Sump/Refugium LED Light
• Control a 7th Channel that mirrors a Real Time Lunar Cycle
• Advanced LED testing features & simulations
• Water & LED Heatsink Temperature Sensors
• Control of a Heater and a Chiller
• Audible & Visual Alarm Notices for Defined Temperature Variances
• Dynamic Speed Control for Heatsink Fans (Display & Sump Lights)
• Wave Maker / Powerhead control (Various Synchronous & Alternating Pulse modes)
• Automatic Fish Feeder (Schedule up to 4 feedings a day OR Feed on Demand)
• User-Selectable Formatting
o Celsius & Fahrenheit Temperature Scales
o 24HR & 12HR Time Formats
o Month DD, YYYY & DD/MM/YYYY Date Formats
• Settings & Preferences stored in EEPROM (Arduino Memory)

MAIN FEATURES – UPDATES (Jarduino Aquarium Controller v.1.2 beta)
• Added support for Arduino 1.0 IDE (Must use my patched version)
• Fully compatible with Arduino 1.0.1 IDE (No need to use my patch)
• Can choose between ITDB02_Graph16.h Library or UTFT.h Library by Henning Karlsen
o All compatible controllers (and modules) are now included within the sketch
o Approximately 40 different LCD modules to choose from!
• Replaced Matt Joyce's DS1307 Library with Henning Karlsen's DS1307 Library
o Modified formatting in Karlsen's DS1307 Library
o Rewrote all RTC coding in sketch, based on Karlsen's "ITDB02 Analog Clock"
o Added "Day of the Week" to the "Date & Time Bar."
o Fixed setting a date that does not exist possibility (ie. FEB 31, 2011)
o Fixed a minor bug with the Time & Date Bar
• Added 24 Hour Time formatting to the "Test LED Array Output Settings" screen
• Modified "View/Change Moon LED Max Output"
o Added descriptive pics and the ability to set/save the Min & Max Illuminations
• Replaced LED Output Testing "Widget" with "Slider Bars"
• Upgraded "Change LED Output Values" page with "Slider Bars"
• Included more Built-In Protections and Redundancies
• Added an additional page of user settings including:
o Choice of showing the Day of the Week
o Setting the Fan(s) startup temperature
o Added four additional user-defined options to the Screensaver
• Added an Auto-Dimming Feature (with options accessible through the General Settings)
o Can choose to Dim the LEDs at a user defined temperature
o User defined dimming percentage
o Visual notification on Main Screen if feature was automatically utilized
• Changed the look of some buttons as well as made some other visual tweaks

POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
• Improved User Interfaces (Main Screen Panels & Shortcuts)
• Replace the ITDB02_Touch.h Library with the latest release (when available)
• Random Weather (Clouds, Thunderstorms, etc. along with Increased Wave Action)
• Real Weather (Mirror the real weather conditions from user-selected locations)
• Modification of Wave Maker to include Tidal Forces with Lunar Cycle
• Automatic Water Changer & Top Off (AWC & ATO)
• Inclusion of Other Sensors:
o pH
o Salinity
o Calcium
o Orp
• Automatic Dosing
• Wireless Peripherals
• Video Monitoring (check out your tank from any computer or smartphone)

All of the above information is taken for the jarduino manual.

 

[Kalen]

Very impressive... it is a all in one monitoring display. That's cool.

 

[mark sid tottle]

here are the leds fitted to the my diy canopy.

and then a shot from above.

 

[mark sid tottle]

Very impressive... it is a all in one monitoring display. That's cool.

its amazing what you can do with it, I am only running the leds from it at the moment.

 

[Kalen]

But still you have created your own apex for about half the price. Keep it up.

 

[Kalen]

I would love to create a lcd display to control my lights and have a temp display I don't need all that fancy stuff beyond that

 

[mark sid tottle]

i'm running 4 temp sensors in build 2 for the leds 1 per unit, and 1 for the tank and the other for the sump, why the sump i have no idea just thought it would be good, i have had to get the code modified so that all 4 sensor can be seen on the display.

 

[Kalen]

Wow that cool. I can see why the sump has one. You never know the display system and the sump could be off. So it like a back up also if the display despite goes bad.

 

[Kalen]

Like I said would be nice to have a controller display for my leds and temp display but not sure how hard it would be to do this for the ai hydra 52 leds.

 

[Kalen]

How ever I would have to have someone do the programing for the display since I don't have a computer I only have my phone

 

[mark sid tottle]

I have loved build this project. There are things I would do different if I was to build another one : the leds need a few adjustments to them but over all I'm very happy with what I have. Here is a pic of the original canopy and a pic of the of the canopy i built .

and with the canopy lid open