Timers and controllers for pets

Howdy hive-who-knows-all-things

Tunakid 2 has a bearded dragon. It has a few lights and a heat lamp. What I want is one product which can:

Monitor the temperature and humidity

Thermostatically control the heat lamp

Turn the lights on and off based on time of day

Does such an animal exist?

Thanks

This doesn't do heat but does night day cycle, I had one for my water dragon

https://reptilesupply.com/products/zilla-24-7-power-centers-digital

You can most likely find a cheap thermo switch and plug it in to one of the always on outlets on that, but I don't know of anything outside of very expensive grow room controllers that can handle heat, humidity, and timing in one unit. I also haven't looked for such a thing in about 10 years, so there may be something now that didn't exist back then.

There are cheap little things you stick on the side of the terrarium that can monitor heat and humidity. 

If you can't find something off the shelf, it would be pretty fun to make one with a Tunakid. CircuitPython is pretty easy to code and this is a simple project, especially if you're willing to plug in a computer to set the time :)

Controller: lots of options, but this one's pretty solid for the price https://www.adafruit.com/product/4884
Sensor: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4832 
Cable: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4210
Switched power: assuming your lights are 110v. There are some other options, this is the least sketchy looking.  Problem is that it won't control the outlets separately, so you'd need two of them and that's just getting awkward and expensive: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935
More sketchy looking version of the light control. You could stack a couple of these to give separate control of heat lamp and lights: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191

If you wanted to be able to set the time without plugging in, this little guy has a display plus integrated buttons.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4650

I've got something very similar in my shop to control temp and humidity using solid state relays. 

Keith Tanner said:

If you can't find something off the shelf, it would be pretty fun to make one with a Tunakid. CircuitPython is pretty easy to code and this is a simple project, especially if you're willing to plug in a computer to set the time :)

Controller: lots of options, but this one's pretty solid for the price https://www.adafruit.com/product/4884
Sensor: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4832 
Cable: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4210
Switched power: assuming your lights are 110v. There are some other options, this is the least sketchy looking.  Problem is that it won't control the outlets separately, so you'd need two of them and that's just getting awkward and expensive: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935
More sketchy looking version of the light control. You could stack a couple of these to give separate control of heat lamp and lights: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191

If you wanted to be able to set the time without plugging in, this little guy has a display plus integrated buttons.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4650

I've got something very similar in my shop to control temp and humidity using solid state relays. 

 

Oof, you found my weakness. I can't program. I can do almost anything else. I own a Rasberry Pi, but I don't really know how to use it.

I looked into this for my rainbow boas and quickly determined that the price to do it all with 1 device wasn't worth it - i got a smart plug for the lights, a cheapo humidity monitor for inside the cage (no wires), and a reptile thermostat (i use a zoomed but whatever works).   

tuna55 said:

Keith Tanner said:

If you can't find something off the shelf, it would be pretty fun to make one with a Tunakid. CircuitPython is pretty easy to code and this is a simple project, especially if you're willing to plug in a computer to set the time :)

Controller: lots of options, but this one's pretty solid for the price https://www.adafruit.com/product/4884
Sensor: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4832 
Cable: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4210
Switched power: assuming your lights are 110v. There are some other options, this is the least sketchy looking.  Problem is that it won't control the outlets separately, so you'd need two of them and that's just getting awkward and expensive: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935
More sketchy looking version of the light control. You could stack a couple of these to give separate control of heat lamp and lights: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191

If you wanted to be able to set the time without plugging in, this little guy has a display plus integrated buttons.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4650

I've got something very similar in my shop to control temp and humidity using solid state relays. 

 

Oof, you found my weakness. I can't program. I can do almost anything else. I own a Rasberry Pi, but I don't really know how to use it.

This is how you learn :) I can send you the Python script for my Pi-based shop system. The little Feather units and CircuitPython make for a slightly slicker experience if you're learning. Adafruit has some very good tutorials to work off.

Programming is just logic written down.