{"id":12411,"date":"2015-04-16T15:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12411"},"modified":"2015-04-16T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:37:54","slug":"land-and-water-based-environment-simulation-with-a-raspberry-pi-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12411","title":{"rendered":"Land and water-based environment simulation with a Raspberry Pi controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paludarium.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12412\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paludarium.jpg?resize=560%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"paludarium\" width=\"560\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paludarium.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paludarium.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is simply beautiful. Poopi and Piter have created a &#8220;paludarium&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0an enclosed biodome\u00a0in which environmental conditions are simulated &#8211; which contains both land-based and water-based lifeforms.<\/p>\n<p>The paludarium is controlled by a Raspberry Pi and 4 ATmega 168P chips and has the following equipment hooked up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 independent sections of halogen lights<\/li>\n<li>27 independently-controlled 1W LEDs for various effects<\/li>\n<li>3 independent 3W RGB LEDs for ambient colour effects<\/li>\n<li>3 independent 3W LEDs for thunder and moon simulation<\/li>\n<li>3 independent 10W LEDs for aquarium lighting<\/li>\n<li>2 independent fans\u00a0for wind simulation<\/li>\n<li>3 fog generators<\/li>\n<li>2 independent solenoids for rain control<\/li>\n<li>Temperature monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It really is a lovely project they&#8217;ve designed. I can&#8217;t find\u00a0anything more about either the project or the guys (or girls!) behind it, but here&#8217;s a video of it in action from simulated sunrise to simulated sunset.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FeS5zqL8frk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The music is &#8220;Healing&#8221; by Kevin MacLeod.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted this over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cflas.org\/raspberry-pi-meets-paludarium\" target=\"_blank\">Central Florida Aquarium Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is simply beautiful. 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