New Jarduino build gets started

[daplatapus]

One of the input pins:


One of the actual relay modules:


and one of the jumper pins on the far right of the board:

[daplatapus]

If anyone is interested, I'll probably be making a custom order for the 4-LDD pcb boards with the pull down resistor jumper that rrasco made on the RC thread. PM me if you interested in any of the boards...

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

If anyone is interested, I'll probably be making a custom order for the 4-LDD pcb boards with the pull down resistor jumper that rrasco made on the RC thread. PM me if you interested in any of the boards...

Sign me up for 4! I'm glad to see he added the pull-down after I suggested he do it... Unfortunately he did it after I build this tank

New LEDs for the main tank coming it the summer! Whoooo!

[byee]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

One of the input pins:


One of the actual relay modules:


and one of the jumper pins on the far right of the board:

VCC - positive 5VDC
GND - ground
IN1 to IN8 - Arduino outputs

Take a jumper, connect to GND and to any of the IN1 to IN8 inputs. You should hear the relay latch.

[byee]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

If anyone is interested, I'll probably be making a custom order for the 4-LDD pcb boards with the pull down resistor jumper that rrasco made on the RC thread. PM me if you interested in any of the boards...

You will need to modify the Jardiuno code to latch on logic low instead of high.

These changes will work. Low = on and high = off.

Intermittently, this logic used to turn the relay on & off will work backwards because of the opto-iso.

Jamie does have a SSR (solid state relay) setup which is installed & wired directly behind the outlet. This setup is the most stable and the quietest - SSR don't make the mechanical latching sounds.

I hope this helps!

[reefme]

Is anyone have LDD-350H drivers spare? Would be nice if I could have three.

Thanks,
Kevin

[daplatapus]

Originally Posted by reefme

Is anyone have LDD-350H drivers spare? Would be nice if I could have three.

Thanks,
Kevin

I have spare 700's and 1000's, that's it.


Scubasteve: Sweet, thanks!

[reefme]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

I have spare 700's and 1000's, that's it.


Scubasteve: Sweet, thanks!

Ya, I have the same things (700 & 1000).

[daplatapus]

Well again another very early morning thanks to the ever so diligent crows and robins
Oh, well, might as well do something constructive. This is what my office now looks like, lol



And I got everything hooked up and it seems to be running, yaaaaaaay



The Arduino up and running the code:



And a shot of the panel box everything is mounted in temporarily:




I'm still waiting for my amphenol connectors that's why everything is only temporarily connected. I couldn't think of another way to test fire everything at once to make sure it all worked together. I also want to get this thing over my 77 gal and see if it has a positive effect on the coral and algae I just can't seem to kick. I do have MH bulbs that are 8 months old or so and at this point I'm not buying bulbs with this thing so close to operational.
I also have not finished my fan circuitry so right now the fans are not running on my heatsinks so that's next on the priority list.
I also have to fine tune the Arduino code because I have a couple channels used that the original code was using for sump lights and such that I'm not using. So I have to figure that out.

Anyway, that's an update for now. Hope ya'll enjoy. It appears to be getting lots of views but it's so quite in here

[byee]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

Thanks man, I've blown a couple things up already, thankfully they were cheap, but waiting the 6-8 weeks for new stuff from China sucks. I didn't want to fry anything else.

Did you order them from eBay?

Mine took about 2-1/2 weeks to arrive. I do suggest ordering than what you need simply because they're so cheap!!!