jstarne1
Ez Robot community I wanted to introduce my latest application of this system. Some members hear already know I keep two salt water aquariums one coral which unfortunately died off and my predator tank. Sea life needs delicate balance maintained in their little ecosystem. Things like light spectrum , temperature, ph balance , current of water , nitrate and ammonia levels and calcium levels. These things take a practiced hand to maintain. I am building a new system and using ez b to monitor salinity, nitrates and ammonia, temp , water current flow and the ph. The ADC ports are useful for these and EZ board can control the current and switching to a backup power supply ( a apc for computers inside the cabinet to keep ezb and pumps powered). Also the ezb can turn on and off night , morning , day , and evening lighting settings. With a custom injection device im designing ezb can provide nutrients , calcium and even medicine if levels are out of wack. I started the build today and I am very excited!
You could remove the casing and lens hood, run extension cables for both antenna and USB, remove or keep battery, adjust the focus for the range you want and then encase the whole board in resin right up to the lens. add in a few hard contact points that you could use to attach accessorys too (like motor & propellers, etc).
Or go all out and make it a tetherless ROV like was done in on this site: LEGO ROV without tether
I love the rov ideas lol. Whatever I do the materials must be marine safe......which means no fiberglass polyester resin as that can leach toxins into the water. But maybe use the same idea with marine safe silicon.
Haha I am starting to like this Rov Idea. That might me a job for the mini ez board
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Maybe I could grab one of these tiny little guys and put a ez cam inside... its 16 dollars on amazon if I took the cam out of the case maybe it would fit
Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBEShODiAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Youtube test video. Its very agile. Honesty I would prob put a resistor on the motor so that it slows down for smoother operation. If I cant put the cam in the sub and it still be operational I will put it inside anyways and use it as a place to hide the ez cam....
Heres a couple of pics. I would use a unibit to drill the perfect size hole where the center led is on the front.
I think the cam would look good dead center and I could silicon all the way around the lensesTiny update for smart aquarium- I recieved the 5 canisters I am using to put filter media in. One is filled with carbon, bio pellets, gfo, chato algae
Ok I spent a couple days working on mechs and last night I was back on the aquarium. I poured epoxy on the top of the table to make a hard waterproof surface so that nothing bad happens if it gets wet. Usually press board swells if it gets water on it. Next step is covering the epoxy in black paint and mounting up the filter canisters and the mag 7 , 700 gph 1/2" inlet and outlet pump. I have 5 canisters but due to space I may eliminate one of the bio pellet canisters.