Who sells and affordable control box

[stud]

i cant see the first link i get a error.
the i2c on ESPs can handle 8 or12 devices if im not mistaking , but if you need more you can add a multiplexer .

[randorson]

So I'm putting together a shopping list of parts to build this project. Do you have any recommendations for sources or brands?

[stud]

are you planning on monitoring / controlling ? the soil moisture ? water ph / tds ? what are your plans ....
i'm not a pro ,im also learning ,i think you sHould start with a working instance of HA and a esp32 ( get a couple esp32 if you're planning on expanding and dimming lights and blowers) and some xiaomi temp/hum and soil moisture . banggood sales the sonoffs and xiaomi sensors .
https://www.banggood.com/ClearGrass-H-V ... mds=search
https://www.banggood.com/Global-Version ... mds=search
PH and TDS : https://atlas-scientific.com/?gclid=EAI ... gIK4_D_BwE
sonoffs https://www.banggood.com/SONOFF-S31-15A ... mds=search also available on amazon

few sonoffs s31 if you want to control humidifier , fans ,pumps , etc . each can handle 15 AMPS
to tasmotize sonoff ,ull need a ftdi and some diy ribbon cables , you can solder ? 4 wires need tobe solder to tasmotize sonoff , dunno if there is a way to do it OTA yet :
FTDI i use to program esp32 and esp8266 ( sonoffs are esp8266) : https://www.amazon.ca/Gikfun-FT232RL-Ad ... ics&sr=1-3

[randorson]

I only want to control dimming and possibly on/off of the lights. The rest of this rooms environmental controls are managed by a trolmaster brand system (and a separate CO2 device since trolmaster is worthless at controlling CO2 in open loop rooms). I use a blumat automated watering system.

I know that it is possible for the trolmaster to control my mean well drivers but since I hate their system for CO2, I'm looking for an alternate solution to apply to other spaces.

Just to be clear my goals are,

Minimum goal
Control brightness of all lighting fixtures in the room via phone app.

Additional features that would be nice to have
Control on/off schedule via phone app (depends on drivers being able to dim to off or a workaround)
Sunset/Sunrise feature
High temp shut off
Programing interface on project box/enclosure

I'm essentially just looking to build a device like the Gavita "master controller" (or one of the others I linked) but for use with lights powered by mean well drivers.

Examples
https://hydrobuilder.com/grow-light-bul ... oller.html
https://hydrobuilder.com/brands/gavita- ... gen-2.html

or this one which is more or less exactly what I would want to make because it works with mean well hlg series,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13I-8l ... e=emb_logo

[stud]

Led Lights ? do they have the manual dimmer ? or is the LED driver dimmable ?
with Home Assistant pretty much everything is possible
LEDG is dimming his LEDs here and you can make Automations on HA to dimme down led lights if to hot , get a little hotter dimme again .

[00schteven]

I only want to control dimming and possibly on/off of the lights. The rest of this rooms environmental controls are managed by a trolmaster brand system (and a separate CO2 device since trolmaster is worthless at controlling CO2 in open loop rooms). I use a blumat automated watering system.

I know that it is possible for the trolmaster to control my mean well drivers but since I hate their system for CO2, I'm looking for an alternate solution to apply to other spaces.

Just to be clear my goals are,

Minimum goal
Control brightness of all lighting fixtures in the room via phone app.

Additional features that would be nice to have
Control on/off schedule via phone app (depends on drivers being able to dim to off or a workaround)
Sunset/Sunrise feature
High temp shut off
Programing interface on project box/enclosure

I'm essentially just looking to build a device like the Gavita "master controller" (or one of the others I linked) but for use with lights powered by mean well drivers.

Examples
https://hydrobuilder.com/grow-light-bul ... oller.html
https://hydrobuilder.com/brands/gavita- ... gen-2.html

or this one which is more or less exactly what I would want to make because it works with mean well hlg series,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13I-8l ... e=emb_logo

I think you want at minimum a Raspberry Pi 3, a 4 would be better. You can probably find a touch display, lcd, or e-paper for an interface on the Pi similar to the troll master. An Esp or similar bored (they are all kind of the same) to put near, or on the light fixture. The pwm output to optocoupler works great for 0-10v dimming. The rest of it is just figuring out the code and automations.

[randorson]

Led Lights ? do they have the manual dimmer ? or is the LED driver dimmable ?
with Home Assistant pretty much everything is possible
LEDG is dimming his LEDs here and you can make Automations on HA to dimme down led lights if to hot , get a little hotter dimme again .

Yes LED lights powered by Mean Well drivers (which are dimmable). Thanks!

[randorson]

I only want to control dimming and possibly on/off of the lights. The rest of this rooms environmental controls are managed by a trolmaster brand system (and a separate CO2 device since trolmaster is worthless at controlling CO2 in open loop rooms). I use a blumat automated watering system.

I know that it is possible for the trolmaster to control my mean well drivers but since I hate their system for CO2, I'm looking for an alternate solution to apply to other spaces.

Just to be clear my goals are,

Minimum goal
Control brightness of all lighting fixtures in the room via phone app.

Additional features that would be nice to have
Control on/off schedule via phone app (depends on drivers being able to dim to off or a workaround)
Sunset/Sunrise feature
High temp shut off
Programing interface on project box/enclosure

I'm essentially just looking to build a device like the Gavita "master controller" (or one of the others I linked) but for use with lights powered by mean well drivers.

Examples
https://hydrobuilder.com/grow-light-bul ... oller.html
https://hydrobuilder.com/brands/gavita- ... gen-2.html

or this one which is more or less exactly what I would want to make because it works with mean well hlg series,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13I-8l ... e=emb_logo

I think you want at minimum a Raspberry Pi 3, a 4 would be better. You can probably find a touch display, lcd, or e-paper for an interface on the Pi similar to the troll master. An Esp or similar bored (they are all kind of the same) to put near, or on the light fixture. The pwm output to optocoupler works great for 0-10v dimming. The rest of it is just figuring out the code and automations.

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!