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Today, like yesterday and the day before, I have been working on a little project that is very important to me.
Before I start writing about that project. To understand my point deeper, you need a little background.
My mother is a soapmaker. We make our own home-made artisanal soap, with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil, Virgin Organic Coconut Oil, and essential oils.
I help her out whenever I can of course :)
We make the soaps the old-fashioned way, and we leave the soaps to cure at least 2 months before actually using it. (cold-processed)
For the soaps to cure in optimal conditions, I recently bought a dehumidifier.
But how would I know when to turn the dehumidifier on or off ? What I needed was some kind of sensor. So my project's aim is to make a 'smart' dehumidifier assembly that has to :
- Detect the relative humidity in the room
- And turn on whenever the humidity levels are too high
- And off to save current of course :)
So here is my assembly:
1. 1x Raspberry Pi 1 Model B +
2. 1x DHT11 (humidity and temperature detector) -ebay cheap!
3. 1x Dehumidifier
4. 1x 5V 220V Relay -ebay cheap
5. 1x USB Wifi module -ebay cheap
The relay's job is to control the mains via the raspberry pi, so everything is automated and I don't need to bother about humidity anymore.
So, till now I have managed to make the detector work, and still waiting for the relay to arrive (yes i bought from china on ebay)
I will blog about the project again when its done in a DIY fashion so that everyone can do it the easy way.
I have to admit, that all these little devices are serious fun !
Codarren
- In case you want to take a look at our home-made soaps, feel free to visit
this link
- I'd love to get other's input on projects they would love to have in their homes (useful ones).
- So please feel free talk about your useful project in the comment in the section below :)
