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Hello,
I'm pretty new to all of this, but at any rate, I'm looking at building a CO2/temperature/humidity logging/management system that will run off of my PC. For anyone who's curious, I grow chillies indoors, and in the quest for the hottest ones I can grow, I've decided it's time to get really technical.
At any rate.. I've found enough information that I think I can figure out how to build a device for logging temperature and humidity, interface it to my PC, and write the software to control the environment based on those factors.
The problem is the CO2 sensor. Is there a cost effective CO2 sensor that I could somehow interface with a PIC device (I have very little idea what I'm talking about, but I'm sure I'll learn)? The ones I've seen are in the hundreds of dollars and generally have displays/alerts/etc. I just want an easy sensor who's output I can monitor along w/ the outputs of the temp. and humidity sensors, and send along to the PC.
Anyone have any suggestions? All thoughts greatly appreciated.
Yrs,
dg
I'm pretty new to all of this, but at any rate, I'm looking at building a CO2/temperature/humidity logging/management system that will run off of my PC. For anyone who's curious, I grow chillies indoors, and in the quest for the hottest ones I can grow, I've decided it's time to get really technical.
At any rate.. I've found enough information that I think I can figure out how to build a device for logging temperature and humidity, interface it to my PC, and write the software to control the environment based on those factors.
The problem is the CO2 sensor. Is there a cost effective CO2 sensor that I could somehow interface with a PIC device (I have very little idea what I'm talking about, but I'm sure I'll learn)? The ones I've seen are in the hundreds of dollars and generally have displays/alerts/etc. I just want an easy sensor who's output I can monitor along w/ the outputs of the temp. and humidity sensors, and send along to the PC.
Anyone have any suggestions? All thoughts greatly appreciated.
Yrs,
dg