Hello,

An 11th talk has been added to the programme for Open Source Hardware Camp on Sat 2nd September, entitled Conservatory and Garden Automation. Details of which can be found below.

If you haven't registered yet, you can find full programme details and the Eventbrite link at:

http://oshug.org/event/oshcamp2017

Finally, the Cross Inn at Heptonstall now have rooms and so if you haven't booked accommodation yet, it's worth checking out.

http://www.thecrossinnheptonstall.co.uk/

01422 846607

They said they will give a £10 discount to people booking for Wuthering Bytes events. It's also the venue for the OSHCamp social this year and so particularly handy if you plan to attend this.

Regards,

Andrew

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— Conservatory and Garden Automation

Rod will talk about his recent conservatory project where he grows exotic plants, and how he has used Arduino to automate the heating, cooling & ventilation, humidification and irrigation, and how a Windows PC is used as the user interface to provide monitoring, set-point adjustment, calibration and data logging. The brief introduction explains how he came to choose Arduino as his preferred microcontroller, while a background picture show takes you through the construction and planting phases of the conservatory. He then goes on to talk about:

Heating Humidification Cooling and ventilation by pneumatic control of the windows Irrigation Choice of all hardware, actuators, solenoid valves, relay boards, power supplies etc. Choice of sensors for temperature, humidity and water flow EMI testing, analogue R.C filtering and digital filtering of the analogue inputs from the sensors The design of a capacitance probe for measuring both pond water level and soil moisture level

* Rod Moody worked as an electrical engineer in the manufacturing industry primarily building diesel-engine driven electrical generators ranging from a few kW to a few MW for both base load and standby applications. At 15 years of age he started an electrical engineering apprenticeship and through day release and night class gained an HNC in electrical engineering. At the age of 19 he was the companies test department manager, this soon led to many trips around the world to provide commissioning, trouble shooting and training. In his mid-twenties he moved into R&D and designed many control systems using relay logic. As technology advanced, and as a self-taught electronics engineer, he designed complex control systems using CMOS logic. In his thirties he was promoted to the company's engineering director. He retired at the age of 60, some 17 years ago.