Live DWC automation

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Probably not the right place to post this, but huge thx to Kyle for this amazing software.

I´ve seen a few questions asked about using Mycodo for DWC automation.
I just started 2 plants on my controller, so if anyone is curious, they can log in to my controller in view mode and see the settings. I have 12 outputs and 8 inputs for the system.
At the moment I´m running a pH-1 BlueLab and a pH-2 Danoplus sensor, to compare their precision.
It seems the extra money spent on BlueLab sensor makes no sense, at least when only taking precision into consideration.
I´ve noticed that some on the forum has asked questions about how to prevent interference between pH and ppm sensors.
I´ve overcome these issues by creating different inputs for pH and ppm even though they run on the same adc, so they almost never measure at the same time.
I´ve averaged pH results over an hour, which gives me more than enough precision to run the peristaltic pumps for dosing.

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Hey,

this is super exciting for me. I want to monitor my next DWC as well. For now, I would be happy with water temps, environmental temps, humidity, EC and pH. Maybe I also will add a camera. How did you connect the pH and EC meter to the raspberry to read its data?

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Hi Florian

I do that with an ADS1115.
It has higher precision than the pH sensors, so it´s more than adequate.
I started the automatic pH and EC this evening, so I´m super excited to see how well it´ll hold the values.
This is the first time it´s all come together for me with a fully automatic system.
I only fill a 200 liter barrel with RO water, fill some 1,5 liter bottles with ph down and fertilizer and Mycodo should take care of the rest:)

The seeds have not sprouted yet, but top feed will make sure that they sprout and are taken good care of until their roots reach the water.