Ordered 5 Volt Relay For My Sump Pump Arduino Monitoring Project
[ Wednesday March 15th 2023 at 12:17 am ]
The programming for my sump pump monitoring is coming along nicely. I am using an Arduino to do this. Essentially the programming is a whole series of "IF" statements. For example: If the sump pump is running but the water level isn't going down send an alert so I know human internvetion is required to assess what is wrong.
Programming an Arduino uses a different language than what I wrote the framework for my web site in. There are similar enough that I am managing just fine with the use of the manual so I make the correct syntax. I am getting along just fine. I am including lots of comments (known as "pseudo code") so I know what I was thinking if the programming needs to be tweaked in the future.
I've just finished having a discussion with someone who has more knowledge than myself about this project. We were discussing turning on the blue LED using a relay. I needed to know which relay to purchased. What he described to me makes sense. I placed the order for the relay module. It should arrive in 3 to 4 weeks. I decided to buy direct from China. It is worth the savings compared to buying a relay module that is already here in Canada. Each time a product passes through a layer in a supply chain the price increases. Buying direct works if a part isn't time critical.
I figure I am looking at 3 afternoons of programming and quality assurance testing before I will be ready to set this up. All in all progress is going well. I am enjoying working on this. I am especially liking the research and understanding the potential that Arduino prototyping represents.