Regulate the temperature in an enclosure for day old chicks until they grow their feathers
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README.md
Arduino Chicken Brooder
Arduino program to control the environment of day-old chickens until they grow feathers and are ready for the chook house.
Features
- Adjustable temperature and temperature variance via menu
- Keeps total time lamp and fan have run for and the average heat/cool time
- Adjustable backlight brightness
- Adjustable LCD backlight stand-by for power saving
- Loops through menu items (after the last, restarts on the first)
Usage
Build an insulated box with a heatlamp and fan wired through a relay board to the arduino. A computer power supply does well to power it all. Put the temperature sensor in the box, wire it all up, turn it on.
- Press "select" to wake up
- Press "select" again to enter menu
- Press "up" or "down" to select menu item
- Press "left" or "right" to change values
- Press "select" or wait for the backlight to turn off to exit menu
Implimentation
Relays are required to actuate the fan and lamp.
5 button, 2x16 LCD shield http://www.jaycar.com.au/medias/sys_master/images/9021713219614/XC4454-dataSheetMain.pdf
DHT22 library (Temperature/Humidity sensor) https://github.com/markruys/arduino-DHT
Compilation instructions http://playground.arduino.cc/OpenBSD/CLI
TODO
- Replace DHT22 sensor with something more acurate or read the value several times and use an average
- Save menu options and statistics to EEPROM
- Remove C++ garbage and use ANSI C instead