Prototype takes shape
Well due to work and other personal commitments I've been too busy to turn the drawing into a practical prototype... until today.
I called into Maplin and purchased some stripboard and a suitable box this morning and then spent an enjoyable afternoon building the board. I've not fully tested it yet, bit on powering up the EasyPIC board and taking a 5v supply and using a test LED, the pins to the LCD flashed the same way as they did on the development board (and there was no smoke)
Wife has plans to get me to sort out the garden tomorrow... but hopefully I'll find time to build the PSU board, and LCD and test this further before hooking up the mains to the relays. For convenience I'll probably take the sensors straight in through the back panel rather than rig up some connectors... we'll see.
It's taken me six months since DT (and Henrik) assisted me with developing the code to get this far. With out their help it would of taken me a lot longer. I'm determined to see this through to the end - I feel I owe it to you guys to prove the project works in the real world
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