I'd say the networking, remote administration, and logging is just easier to do on an embedded linux board like the raspi.
carl
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Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ hcarlott@gmail.com
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Reid <reidsim@gmail.com> wrote:
I was planning to get a opensprinkler from rayshobby. I am curious why change to raspberry Pi version? Is it better or what?ReidOn Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Dave Hylands <dhylands@gmail.com>; wrote:Hi Riccardo,You may want to take a look at the OpenSprinkler project:
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Riccardo Castellani <ric.castellani@alice.it> wrote:
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> I'm very very newby and I'd like automatic irrigation unit with display, monthly timer, 1 on/off valve; then I'd like to interface it with wifi/ethernet module to set time to start or status check.
> Can you suggest me what microcontroller I can use ?
http://rayshobby.net/?page_id=160
I'm currently using the AVR version to do my lawn/garden irrigation, but plan on upgrading to the Raspberry Pi version.
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