I think I am in a pickle.
Awaiting arrival of my parts but I am trying to see if I can make this work.
Background
- I am currently setting up an irrigation system which includes a 200L rain barrel which collects both rain water and ground water through my house sump pump. I then have a sump pump and float located in the rain barrel which when reaching its predetermined level, pumps water over to a 1250L storage tank. My idea is to monitor roughly the tank level by utilizing 2 flow meters and storing the amount as a homeseer device. The specifics on flow meter are here: https://www.bc-robotics.com/shop/liquid-flow-meter/
One flow meter will be on the 1250L tank input and will calculate flow rate vs time running to determine # of litres put into the tank. The second flow meter will be on the tank output that runs to an irrigation system, a free hose for watering can, etc. This will use the same idea of flow rate vs time to determine liters out. The overflow discharge will not have a meter but when the tank is full at 1200L no more will be added to it no matter how much is pumped in.
My pickle is that I will have a 12V valve, moisture and soil temp sensors hooked up to an Uno with an ethernet sheild. This has a 90 foot run from the switch to the Uno and I would like to have it all run off of the one Uno to prevent having to run a second line at 90 feet.
Am I able to use the normal board setup and set the flow meters as inputs, count the pulses over a given period of time reliably? The transfer pump probably operates for about 3 minutes when its moving water over to the main tank. Have an event to clear a count varialbe, start a timer when that flow meter starts, count all pulses for that period, then calculate it back to liters. Does that sound plausible? Thanks guys.
Awaiting arrival of my parts but I am trying to see if I can make this work.
Background
- I am currently setting up an irrigation system which includes a 200L rain barrel which collects both rain water and ground water through my house sump pump. I then have a sump pump and float located in the rain barrel which when reaching its predetermined level, pumps water over to a 1250L storage tank. My idea is to monitor roughly the tank level by utilizing 2 flow meters and storing the amount as a homeseer device. The specifics on flow meter are here: https://www.bc-robotics.com/shop/liquid-flow-meter/
One flow meter will be on the 1250L tank input and will calculate flow rate vs time running to determine # of litres put into the tank. The second flow meter will be on the tank output that runs to an irrigation system, a free hose for watering can, etc. This will use the same idea of flow rate vs time to determine liters out. The overflow discharge will not have a meter but when the tank is full at 1200L no more will be added to it no matter how much is pumped in.
My pickle is that I will have a 12V valve, moisture and soil temp sensors hooked up to an Uno with an ethernet sheild. This has a 90 foot run from the switch to the Uno and I would like to have it all run off of the one Uno to prevent having to run a second line at 90 feet.
Am I able to use the normal board setup and set the flow meters as inputs, count the pulses over a given period of time reliably? The transfer pump probably operates for about 3 minutes when its moving water over to the main tank. Have an event to clear a count varialbe, start a timer when that flow meter starts, count all pulses for that period, then calculate it back to liters. Does that sound plausible? Thanks guys.
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