Starting from hardware side of things, all components were tested separately on breadboard. Putting all this together in a manageable package is just a bit of work.
The compnents used here are:
1x Arduino Duemilanove board
1x Nuelectronics Ethernet Shield V1.0 for Arduino
1x some kind of case. I used a breaker box case.
1x external power adaptor. 12v
1x JQC-3FC 12V relay
3x lm35 temperature sensors
3x DS18b20 temperature senosrs
5x leds. One green, two blue and two red ones.
1x CNY17-2 optron
1x 1N4007 diode
1x PN2222A transistor
1x 4k7 1/4w resistor
1x 150R 1/4w resistor
3x 10R 1/4w resistors
1x 2k2 1/4w resistor
5x 1k 1/4w resistors
6x something to shield sensors from elements.
some wires, and some screw terminals for connecting wires otside the case.
Why so many components?
Leds and 1K resistors go hand in hand and are not essential, but then again they give a good status overview. Also a lot less sensors can be used. About half of them are actually not used by the software.
A bulk of those components are consumed by relay schematics.
Also a place for second relay is prepared in that case, but it is not installed. I might use it for controlling an electric boiler.
Inside of that box could be made a lot more cleaner, by not using airmounting for example, but it is the way its is right now.
Outside of the box looks quite ok. Three of the five leds are illuminated. Some kind of labels for leds should be written. From left to right they are
Green – power / idle / working
Blue – first one – day mode active
Blue – second one – night mode active
Red – first one – heater relay active
Red – second one – boiler relay active
Arduino USB, power and ethernet look like this:
USB cable is connected for testing purposes only 🙂
Sensors and relay connectors look like this:
It would be a lot cleaner when only one wire devices were used. As can be seen here, one wire (BUS) connectors are connected in star formation. Parasite power of course.
Inside is not so neat. I should of mounted components on some custom boards, should of used more different colored wires etc but here it is.
Look from a different angle, so lower connectors can also be seen:
Total cost of hardware about 130 €