Comments for Kijani Grows : Urban Garden Systems http://www.kijanigrows.com Aquaponic Specialists Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by admin http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-117 admin Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:16:30 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-117 such an application can be considered as a position control system. movement in multiple axis can place something in any point x. for solar tracking using two servo motors and gears (or hydraulics) can achieve this .. left-right and up-down. tracking the sun and determining where to move the dish to can be done by an array of light/heat sensors. positioning preciously can be tricky as the inertia of the system would result to hysteresis ... so a negative feedback based PID position control system is sorta the direction i envision - processing can be micro based ... then again ... all we really know about is smart and automated aquaponic gardens. such an application can be considered as a position control system. movement in multiple axis can place something in any point x. for solar tracking using two servo motors and gears (or hydraulics) can achieve this .. left-right and up-down. tracking the sun and determining where to move the dish to can be done by an array of light/heat sensors. positioning preciously can be tricky as the inertia of the system would result to hysteresis … so a negative feedback based PID position control system is sorta the direction i envision – processing can be micro based … then again … all we really know about is smart and automated aquaponic gardens.

]]> Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by Lucas http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-115 Lucas Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:11:14 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-115 I don't mean to highjack a conversation about aquaponics (which is great BTW) but the author writes of self guiding microcontroller systems capable of regularly intervaled or conditional input into the systems they control. I am curious to know about programing of microprocessors...But I might be way off base... I have been thinking about solar concentrators lately, but more specifically, a self rotating, sun following concentrator. As the sun tracks across the sky in an arch, a solar dish could be pointed directly at the sun. The dish sits on a platform, rotates on long/lat axis, and could adjust to follow the sun's path. Could those long/lat inputs come from microprocessors? Or even be solar powered themselves? The physical movement of the dish could be very incremental. If it moved every 5 minutes for 6 hours a day (taking one second per movement) the amount of time needed to rotate the dish across the sky is 72 seconds. Can an X/Y axis computer program (that takes into account elevation and latitude) guide a system like this? Could each position along the X/Y axis be programmed manually? The sun's path changes day to day, so recalculation would have to take place as often as possible. Could a GPS system guide microprocessors? I hope I didn't loose you. Thanks for the great info on Aquaponics:) I don’t mean to highjack a conversation about aquaponics (which is great BTW) but the author writes of self guiding microcontroller systems capable of regularly intervaled or conditional input into the systems they control. I am curious to know about programing of microprocessors…But I might be way off base… I have been thinking about solar concentrators lately, but more specifically, a self rotating, sun following concentrator. As the sun tracks across the sky in an arch, a solar dish could be pointed directly at the sun. The dish sits on a platform, rotates on long/lat axis, and could adjust to follow the sun’s path. Could those long/lat inputs come from microprocessors? Or even be solar powered themselves? The physical movement of the dish could be very incremental. If it moved every 5 minutes for 6 hours a day (taking one second per movement) the amount of time needed to rotate the dish across the sky is 72 seconds. Can an X/Y axis computer program (that takes into account elevation and latitude) guide a system like this? Could each position along the X/Y axis be programmed manually? The sun’s path changes day to day, so recalculation would have to take place as often as possible. Could a GPS system guide microprocessors? I hope I didn’t loose you. Thanks for the great info on Aquaponics:)

]]> Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by admin http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-104 admin Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:23:02 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-104 i think it is possible to do most things - even if just in our heads. generally energy is not destroyed, rather it only changes form. everything has it own cost components - i am not sure what it takes in terms of time, dedication and resources to feed a family from such a garden ... i do know for sure that ... if it was a <strong>smart garden</strong> - microprocessor controlled with the ability to get online and use social networking tools such as twitter to communicate for itself - then it would be easier as repetitive, mandatory and optional tasks that are necessary for such a garden to guarantee food for a family can be taken care of without the weakest symbiotic link in an aquaponic system -<em> the humans</em>. i think it is possible to do most things – even if just in our heads. generally energy is not destroyed, rather it only changes form. everything has it own cost components – i am not sure what it takes in terms of time, dedication and resources to feed a family from such a garden … i do know for sure that … if it was a smart garden – microprocessor controlled with the ability to get online and use social networking tools such as twitter to communicate for itself – then it would be easier as repetitive, mandatory and optional tasks that are necessary for such a garden to guarantee food for a family can be taken care of without the weakest symbiotic link in an aquaponic system - the humans.

]]> Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by Howard Hunt http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-102 Howard Hunt Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:18 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-102 Can aquaponics feed a family of at least 4 on a daily basis? I found a system that promises to do that. This guy (the garden master) claims he can. I looked into it and find it interesting. What do you think? Can aquaponics feed a family of at least 4 on a daily basis? I found a system that promises to do that. This guy (the garden master) claims he can. I looked into it and find it interesting. What do you think?

]]> Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by admin http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-87 admin Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:48:36 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-87 yes ... we have working models and should have smart aquaponics micro-controller kits available shortly ... see the shopping link for more details on spec's for the v1 controller. see tweets from a prototype at http://twitter.com/#kijanigrows_tst this could be an open source project and we could soon (^_^) post details on how to go about building smart aquaponics gardens - if 'liked' by many 'fans' yes … we have working models and should have smart aquaponics micro-controller kits available shortly … see the shopping link for more details on spec’s for the v1 controller.
see tweets from a prototype at http://twitter.com/#kijanigrows_tst
this could be an open source project and we could soon (^_^) post details on how to go about building smart aquaponics gardens – if ‘liked’ by many ‘fans’

]]> Comment on What Is Smart Aquaponics? by Shawn http://www.kijanigrows.com/what-is-smart-aquaponics/#comment-86 Shawn Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:14:58 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=629#comment-86 I am an aquaponic grower interested in utilizing more automation. Is there an app already programmed to fit this need? I would also like to learn more about integrating the switches to the computer system. I am an aquaponic grower interested in utilizing more automation. Is there an app already programmed to fit this need? I would also like to learn more about integrating the switches to the computer system.

]]> Comment on sacramento black fish by Nick Cawthon http://www.kijanigrows.com/sacramento-black-fish/#comment-70 Nick Cawthon Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:15:02 +0000 http://www.kijanigrows.com/?p=561#comment-70 They get bigger! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fish-bio/6267134476/ nc They get bigger!

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]]> Comment on Calendar/Events by admin http://www.kijanigrows.com/events/#comment-69 admin Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:57:53 +0000 http://kijijigrows.com/~akvasir/?page_id=67#comment-69 send me email at the info account ... we can arrange. thanks. send me email at the info account … we can arrange. thanks.

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