This is simply beautiful. Poopi and Piter have created a “paludarium” – an enclosed biodome in which environmental conditions are simulated – which contains both land-based and water-based lifeforms.
The paludarium is controlled by a Raspberry Pi and 4 ATmega 168P chips and has the following equipment hooked up:
- 6 independent sections of halogen lights
- 27 independently-controlled 1W LEDs for various effects
- 3 independent 3W RGB LEDs for ambient colour effects
- 3 independent 3W LEDs for thunder and moon simulation
- 3 independent 10W LEDs for aquarium lighting
- 2 independent fans for wind simulation
- 3 fog generators
- 2 independent solenoids for rain control
- Temperature monitoring
It really is a lovely project they’ve designed. I can’t find anything more about either the project or the guys (or girls!) behind it, but here’s a video of it in action from simulated sunrise to simulated sunset.
The music is “Healing” by Kevin MacLeod.
I spotted this over at the Central Florida Aquarium Society.