01-24-2019, 04:13 PM
Yeah I'm really excited to get those circuits working, could be a game changer as many walk away after seeing the cost to add them using Atlas. These will be just as good and have full isolation but no extra board required, they'll be plug and play and cheaper of course.
I was actually at a crossroad about 4 months ago, I had a subcontract with a company for years but they lost the contract so I was out as well. I had flexible hours and mostly worked part time but made decent money which is how I've been able to keep working on this. At that point I decided roll the dice and go all in as I don't have many other options and I'm so close I can taste it, I hope I know what I'm doing lol. The main reason is the hardware has become much more reliable and I finally have a vision for everything.
So right after v5 I'll be updating the website and posting videos along with working out the circuits and power bars, when finished there will be a software update then I'll do the other addons for extra ports. There will also be a power outage sensor with some cool software features and that internet module I talked about which will have software updates as time goes on until everything is web based. Plus any sensors I can get working such as nitrate and PAR. Down the road hope to have a light as that's another problem, not many are controller friendly. Lots of ideas for software, so much can be done there. One fun thing I have planned, some sort of rain curtain to go with the storms, something I've always wanted, easy DIY but it'll be a nice kit. Maybe a 10" screen as well, same 800x480 just larger in size and over time I'll start looking into equipment and see what I can do there.
Well I took my first overall numbers, I was trying to wait but couldn't, I'm happy so I have to report. All system are up and running except custom rules so these numbers are almost final and custom rules won't do much to them. The controller consistently checks everything 2100 times per second or every 476 microseconds and the analog ports are read 42,000 per second. When schedules run and searched it takes less than 1 millisecond.
I was actually at a crossroad about 4 months ago, I had a subcontract with a company for years but they lost the contract so I was out as well. I had flexible hours and mostly worked part time but made decent money which is how I've been able to keep working on this. At that point I decided roll the dice and go all in as I don't have many other options and I'm so close I can taste it, I hope I know what I'm doing lol. The main reason is the hardware has become much more reliable and I finally have a vision for everything.
So right after v5 I'll be updating the website and posting videos along with working out the circuits and power bars, when finished there will be a software update then I'll do the other addons for extra ports. There will also be a power outage sensor with some cool software features and that internet module I talked about which will have software updates as time goes on until everything is web based. Plus any sensors I can get working such as nitrate and PAR. Down the road hope to have a light as that's another problem, not many are controller friendly. Lots of ideas for software, so much can be done there. One fun thing I have planned, some sort of rain curtain to go with the storms, something I've always wanted, easy DIY but it'll be a nice kit. Maybe a 10" screen as well, same 800x480 just larger in size and over time I'll start looking into equipment and see what I can do there.
Well I took my first overall numbers, I was trying to wait but couldn't, I'm happy so I have to report. All system are up and running except custom rules so these numbers are almost final and custom rules won't do much to them. The controller consistently checks everything 2100 times per second or every 476 microseconds and the analog ports are read 42,000 per second. When schedules run and searched it takes less than 1 millisecond.
