I've heard about Raspberry Pi's and how people have developed software to use them for fermentation control. I had an idea that I think would be even cheaper and better if someone had android development skills and technical know-how.
You can buy pre-paid Android smartphones that are sold at a loss. For example, I have a few LG Fuel L34C phones that you can buy for about $20. They have a dual core processor, 512mb RAM, touchscreen, bluetooth, wi-fi, camera, gps etc.
These would be great to use as a ferm control like the raspberry pi. You could plug the external sensors into either the headphone jack or the usb port, and mount the phone to whatever you wanted. It would have a touch screen so you could control it, could communicate wirelessly to send data for reporting, and uses practically no power.
What do you all think of this? I'd like to help find people that would be interested in doing this, but have no clue where to start. I'm not trying to profit or anything, I think this has potential for something cheap that would have a ton of functionality. Thoughts?
You can buy pre-paid Android smartphones that are sold at a loss. For example, I have a few LG Fuel L34C phones that you can buy for about $20. They have a dual core processor, 512mb RAM, touchscreen, bluetooth, wi-fi, camera, gps etc.
These would be great to use as a ferm control like the raspberry pi. You could plug the external sensors into either the headphone jack or the usb port, and mount the phone to whatever you wanted. It would have a touch screen so you could control it, could communicate wirelessly to send data for reporting, and uses practically no power.
What do you all think of this? I'd like to help find people that would be interested in doing this, but have no clue where to start. I'm not trying to profit or anything, I think this has potential for something cheap that would have a ton of functionality. Thoughts?