Sunyecz22

Hey, sorry about that. I've updated the link so it should work now. In the original post, I was using a 5V white LED strip but after testing I went with a 5V grow light LED strip. It works much better than the white LED strip as the wavelengths are more specific for growing plants. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more issues.

Thank you so much! I do not have a kit for this as of now but I'd be happy to share my Gerber files! Check your inbox, thanks!

Oh that should be sweet! And without the Mega and RTC module that will definitely decrease the volume of components in the housing which will make it less cluttered. I'd love to see the final product so keep me posted! :)

Oh cool, that sounds like a fun variation! I wanna try it out!

Thanks! Yeah I'd be happy to share. Check your Instructables inbox!

Good idea! After staring at the game for so long while writing the code that never even occurred to me :P I'll have to make the adjustment and test it out!

Thank you! It was a very fun project to make!

Farkle is my favorite dice game too! Thanks!

Thank you! It was a very fun build and definitely took some time but I'm really happy with how it turned out :)

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!

Hey, my apologies for the delayed response. In simple terms, that piece of code checks to see if the LED grow lights should be turned on. "now.hour()" is the current time of day. "i" is the ON TIME selected from the settings page. "TOD[j]" checks to see that the ON TIME was selected to be AM rather than PM. "l" checks to see that the user did not select the "LED OFF" selection from the settings page. And "now.hour() < turnOFF" makes sure that it is not passed the selected ON TIME for the LEDs. So for example, lets say I want to turn on the LED's at 7am and have them run for 3 hours and the current time is 7:00am in the morning.now.hour() = 7i = 7 (ON TIME from settings page)TOD[j] = AMTIMER = 3hrsl = 0 (user did not select &qu…

Hey, my apologies for the delayed response. In simple terms, that piece of code checks to see if the LED grow lights should be turned on. "now.hour()" is the current time of day. "i" is the ON TIME selected from the settings page. "TOD[j]" checks to see that the ON TIME was selected to be AM rather than PM. "l" checks to see that the user did not select the "LED OFF" selection from the settings page. And "now.hour() < turnOFF" makes sure that it is not passed the selected ON TIME for the LEDs. So for example, lets say I want to turn on the LED's at 7am and have them run for 3 hours and the current time is 7:00am in the morning.now.hour() = 7i = 7 (ON TIME from settings page)TOD[j] = AMTIMER = 3hrsl = 0 (user did not select "LED OFF" from the settings page)turnOFF = 10 (ON TIME + TIMER or 7 + 3 = 10)Therefore, the current time is >= the ON TIME and TOD is morning/AM and the current time is not yet at the desired turn off time so.... turn on the grow lights and draw the light bitmap on the homescreen. I hope this helps. It is absolutely not the most elegant piece of code written but it was able to get the job done for my application. Hope this helps, thanks!

Such a simple and useful hack! Awesome!

Hello, glad you are trying to make my project! I'm sorry that you are having trouble with your LCD screen. It's hard to tell exactly what is wrong without seeing it in person but it looks like your wiring is correct. And if you've had success testing your LCD with other test programs that is a good start. Maybe try disconnecting the LED strip and other components when uploading the program. Then try and run it with the just the LCD shield and see if that does anything. I know sometimes the current draw from the LED strip can alter things especially when powering from your computer. Let me know if that works!

I did not use any diodes in the LED portion of the circuit, just resistors and MOSFETs. Regardless of the LED operating voltage, I needed to use some type of transistor/MOSFET in order to switch on the LEDs via the arduino as the arduino itself could simply not supply the required current to the strip. I found the Make tutorial that I listed in my Instructable where they powered a 12V strip using the same 1K resistor in line with the Gate of the MOSFET. I tried it in my circuit and the LED's worked perfectly even though I was operating at 5V. Prior to this, I had tried using a couple different 2nXXXX NPN transistors instead of MOSFETS but they all overheated fairly quickly. I cannot really add much as far as the rationale/theory for the in line resistors, however it worked for my circuit …

I did not use any diodes in the LED portion of the circuit, just resistors and MOSFETs. Regardless of the LED operating voltage, I needed to use some type of transistor/MOSFET in order to switch on the LEDs via the arduino as the arduino itself could simply not supply the required current to the strip. I found the Make tutorial that I listed in my Instructable where they powered a 12V strip using the same 1K resistor in line with the Gate of the MOSFET. I tried it in my circuit and the LED's worked perfectly even though I was operating at 5V. Prior to this, I had tried using a couple different 2nXXXX NPN transistors instead of MOSFETS but they all overheated fairly quickly. I cannot really add much as far as the rationale/theory for the in line resistors, however it worked for my circuit at the end of the day and I was happy with that :P

Thank you, I appreciate it! I used a Maker Select V2 Printer with white and black PLA filament for this project

Thanks, I'm looking forward to it! I'm no Arduino expert myself but there are so many helpful tutorials online that I was able to pick it up pretty quickly!

Thank you. I had fun making this project and figured I'd share it with others. Whether you decide to make it or just simply enjoy seeing what I made is totally up to you :)

Thanks and great idea! There is some room between the tray insert and bottom of the plant basin that I may be able to add something like that in. I'll have to look into it!

Awesome, thanks for the tip! I'll have to try it out

Thank you. I knew going in that not having the proper LED's might be an issue. I had the strip that I used lying around for a while and it was cheap so I figured I'd give it a shot. If the plants end up not sprouting/doing well then I'll look into more robust LEDs and maybe incorporating sunlight for some hours of the day

Thank you so much! Yeah, I did end up investigating a little more after I purchased those soil sensors and found that they corrode easily as well so I will definitely have to buy some capacitive sensors soon. As far as the automated water pump, I'll have to think about that for version 2 :p

Thank you!

The potentiometer knob was hot glued on at the end just for show to make it look more like a toaster. Maybe I can add some actual functionality to it in version 2.0 :P

Thank you very much!

Thank you!! Glad this project inspired you and be sure to share what you end up making!

Great idea using a touchscreen display as the output!

Yes absolutely! All you would need is a small speaker and a couple more lines of code. It would be farily simple to implement! Verision 2.0 :p

Oh that is cool! During testing I was using a Raspberry pi B+ instead of the zero w and the printer was printing out a bit faster so that may have something to do with it as well. I may have to make a "toaster oven" if I resort to the 110 volt power brick :p

Thank you! Wouldn't that be sweet! :p

Thank you! That spalted wood is beautiful

Thank you for the heads up! I did not know that

Thank you! It was such a fun project!