New Jarduino build gets started

[daplatapus]

WoW! Ordered a bunch of Prototyping boards for my Arduino on the 24th and they just got delivered. Not bad since I ordered them from China! Take that Canada post

[Lampshade]

I've built my whole controller off the arduino. right now i have lights(with spectrum recording), skimmer, pump, heaters, fans, PH, temp, CO2 and a few others. If you want/need any info let me know.The Jarduino is pretty good out of the box, if it was available when i started i would have just gone with it.

One thing i like is my datalogging with cosm. pretty easy to add the client library to the arduino and start logging if you have the network card for the arduino. Saved my butt a few ties being able to look back and see that my tank was overheating in the summer at mid day. Pretty graphs are nice.

[daplatapus]

Hmmm, sounds like a sweet system. If you're open to the idea, I might have to get you to send me some code for some of those features

Well, I was able to purchase 4 - 4 LDD driver PCB boards and they're on their way. Now I just have to source the actual drivers, lol. Everyone seems to be out of stock.

[Maverick00]

cant wait for pics!

[daplatapus]

Well, probably not very exciting but...

These are the proto boards I picked up. For $2/ea and free shipping I was expecting really cheap stuff, but these are as good as the one I got with my Arduino Uno for experimenting with.



And this is the Arduino that I got from Adafruit and I'm slowly, so very slowly, learning programming for it.




More pics as stuff comes in.

[daplatapus]

I may have found a good contact for these MEanWell LDD-XXXX-H drivers. Please PM me again if you still need any of them. I'm thinking of ordering a dozen or so of the 1000's, 700's, 600's and 500's. I'll need a bunch so not sure what will be left over, but if you'r thinking of it, let me know.

Oh and I was able to get a hold of these little babies that will get soldered into the 4 LDD driver boards I'm getting so you can just plug the drivers in and out if you need/want to change them out

[Chatouille]

Looking good.... I just got my arduino and TFT screen on Friday from China, unfortunately they sent me the wrong ardunio board. So still trying to sort that with them. Will probably be easier, and take less time to just order another board from someone else.

Also received my heatsink from Modular LED last week... just have to take in down and get it cut to size I need.

[byee]

I've been jumping between sites trying to keep up with everyone building the Jarduino.

Not sure if this was the forum but someone had purchased multichannel LED drivers from eBay. I'm looking for one of these multichannel LED drivers for my second Jarduino - development system.

If someone has the link, please point me in the right direction.

Thank you!

[daplatapus]

Hmmm, might have been Mike31154. Check his multichip build thread. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82206

[Chatouille]

I would just double check what the connector is rated for, but sounds like an option. Even the molex connectors from an ATX powersupply would work. (24 pin ATX power connector) My vote would go to an amphenol 97 series circular connector.... but they are pricey.