Time lapse?

majorana · Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:49 pm

Does anybody have experience with taking time-lapse pictures of their grow? I'd like to also use the same camera to have a look inside the tent every once and a while, so this would obviously have to be wifi-enabled.

I can follow instructions for a RPi/Arduino build if you have recommendations, but if there's something plug-and-play you have experience with (and doesn't cost more than $50) that would keep me focused on more important thing

seiks · Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:04 pm

I'm not familiar with any single-purchase product that'll do this for you but the raspberry pi method is basically plug-and-play (and copying / pasting code). I just finished mine, take a look here: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/pro ... apse-setup

I already had a raspberry pi zero doing nothing. I bought a noIR camera for night shots: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ER ... UTF8&psc=1

Happy to help you out if you have any trouble!

CanadianClosetGarden · Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:11 am

I just used my cell phone and photoshop to line up the pictures.
Not the greatest but it requires little effort.

Cheers
CCG

Grower · Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:42 pm

RPi with camera module is what I am going to get

majorana · Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:49 pm

My old RPi0 seems to have died, and I can't say I was too sorry to find that out. With only a single micro-USB port it was impossible to have both wifi and a keyboard attached... Got myself a couple of RPi0W, one of which will be in-tent monitoring (time-lapse, video monitoring, temp/RH -- if I can figure out how to do that) and the other, well, it'll find some use or another

Grower · Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:35 pm

majorana wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:49 pm
My old RPi0 seems to have died, and I can't say I was too sorry to find that out. With only a single micro-USB port it was impossible to have both wifi and a keyboard attached... Got myself a couple of RPi0W, one of which will be in-tent monitoring (time-lapse, video monitoring, temp/RH -- if I can figure out how to do that) and the other, well, it'll find some use or another

Plenty of guides on how to do that! That's not hard to do.
As soon as I stop being broke I have an order ready on aliexpress with plenty of sensors and arduinos to be implemented in my grow and get fancy charts!

majorana · Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:00 am

Grower wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:35 pm
Plenty of guides on how to do that! That's not hard to do.
As soon as I stop being broke I have an order ready on aliexpress with plenty of sensors and arduinos to be implemented in my grow and get fancy charts!

I already have the sensors, including a few which I doubt I'd be using. If you'd like soil humidity sensors write me a message with your address, I'm growing in coco with blumats-- it's always watered!

My problem is that these things came easy to me as a teen, twenty+ years ago. Higher education has definitely made me a whole lot dumber...

Grower · Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:31 am

majorana wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:00 am

Grower wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:35 pm
Plenty of guides on how to do that! That's not hard to do.
As soon as I stop being broke I have an order ready on aliexpress with plenty of sensors and arduinos to be implemented in my grow and get fancy charts!
I already have the sensors, including a few which I doubt I'd be using. If you'd like soil humidity sensors write me a message with your address, I'm growing in coco with blumats-- it's always watered!

My problem is that these things came easy to me as a teen, twenty+ years ago. Higher education has definitely made me a whole lot dumber...

I am trying to build a IoT setup through MQTT.
Did you try soil moisture sensors in coco? do they work?

majorana · Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:19 pm

Grower wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:31 am
I am trying to build a IoT setup through MQTT.
Did you try soil moisture sensors in coco? do they work?

No, I haven't. Given that coco is essentially a form of hydroponics, it's always kept moist. Those sensors (they came in a pack of 5) would be useful for somebody growing in soil, indicating to them when to water (or open a valve / activate a pump.)

Grower · Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:04 pm

majorana wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:19 pm

Grower wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:31 am
I am trying to build a IoT setup through MQTT.
Did you try soil moisture sensors in coco? do they work?
No, I haven't. Given that coco is essentially a form of hydroponics, it's always kept moist. Those sensors (they came in a pack of 5) would be useful for somebody growing in soil, indicating to them when to water (or open a valve / activate a pump.)

There are different opinions on coco. Someone thinks it should always be kept moist, others think a dry-wet cycle is needed. Anyway I am interested in trying capacitive soil moisture sensors in coco since it is more similar to soil rather than plain hydro