Hydroponics LED & Pump Circuit Integration
Budget: £10 – £20 GBP
I'm looking for an experienced individual who can proficiently integrate a 20V LED strip and a 12V pump into a singular circuit for my hydroponics setup. The key functions required for my hydroponics system include:
am building a small, table top hydroponic system for use in a home. This circuit will require timed controls of an LED grow light and water pump ( + inputs from buttons in the future).
The components I am using are:
LED grow strip: rated at 20v, 350mA DC
Water pump: 12v, 5W DC
Timed controls: Arduino Uno (5min on/55min off Pump, 16h on/8h off LED)
I have built a simple circuit for timed controls of the water pump. This comprises of 12DC input from a constant voltage (12v, 30W) plug and IRF520 MOSFET module for control of the water pump. The Arduino output and ground pin are connected to the MOSFET in order to control the pump.
However, I am stuck on how to integrate the LED grow strip into this circuit.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can power and wire up this circuit to facilitate both the grow light and pump (the simpler the better)?
In addition, any suggestions for the type of MOSFETs I could use to control the LED would be very welcome.
To make things a more complicated, it is suggested that LED grow strips receives constant current, so temperature changes in the LEDs don’t cause an increase in voltage over each LED. But, this may not be an issue for such a small LED strip.
Thanks!!
am building a small, table top hydroponic system for use in a home. This circuit will require timed controls of an LED grow light and water pump ( + inputs from buttons in the future).
The components I am using are:
LED grow strip: rated at 20v, 350mA DC
Water pump: 12v, 5W DC
Timed controls: Arduino Uno (5min on/55min off Pump, 16h on/8h off LED)
I have built a simple circuit for timed controls of the water pump. This comprises of 12DC input from a constant voltage (12v, 30W) plug and IRF520 MOSFET module for control of the water pump. The Arduino output and ground pin are connected to the MOSFET in order to control the pump.
However, I am stuck on how to integrate the LED grow strip into this circuit.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can power and wire up this circuit to facilitate both the grow light and pump (the simpler the better)?
In addition, any suggestions for the type of MOSFETs I could use to control the LED would be very welcome.
To make things a more complicated, it is suggested that LED grow strips receives constant current, so temperature changes in the LEDs don’t cause an increase in voltage over each LED. But, this may not be an issue for such a small LED strip.
Thanks!!