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Post Number:#221 Post Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:07 am
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Hi!

+12V is connected only on pin 9 (ULN2003) and in red wire of your fan.

DO NOT connect +12V to RJ11.

Connect only - 12V (GND) to GND in RJ11.

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P.S. There a convention: RED is for positive wire and BLACK to negative (GND) wire.

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I only have 5v on the red line from the RJ11 jack you and I have talked about how get 12v through the board I just don't remember when I will look through the thread and find it.
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Is needed an external 12V power supply for fans.
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Yes, but connect +12V on pin 9 on ULN2003 too.
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How do I do that is there specific pin on 25 pin db connection or another place?
What else will that affect?
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Pin 23 is not a free pin. Is used on TFT.

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-------------------------------- Last edited Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:37 pm --------------------------------

You are talking about connector DB25.
Yes, you can use a relay connected on DB25.
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How do I do that is there specific pin on 25 pin db connection or another place?
What else will that affect?




sorry Fernando I edited that after you saw it is there a pin on one of the other ports that connects directly to pin 9 of the ULN chip or do I have to weld it on the board?
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From Ferduino Mega you will use only pin 1 and GND anything else.

ULN2003 is a new component you will buy it in some store.

Connect pin 9 of this new component to +12V.
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Is needed an external 12V power supply for fans.


-------------------------------- Last edited Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:54 pm --------------------------------

Last time, you will NOT connect +12V to any pin on Ferduino Mega.

Only -12V to GND.
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So I am thinking of building a feruino from scratch just so I can better understand how this all works together, I have had to ask so many questions and some of these things are so simple to work out , I need more practice with the wiring and understanding of the schematics, I will continue with my build and also log my experiences with diy build. Just want to thank you to Fernando for being patient with an absolute new to this field.
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Hi!

Your old Ferduino Mega is completely dead?

You can't use it to test this circuit?

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I will have to get an arduino to use as a shield and test the board, I know that Ethernet does not work at all and issues with communication to stamps not sure about ULN chip. I tried one arduino that I had from another project but I did not work so I will try a new one and see if that changes anything.
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I have always the sensation that you are talking about this components.

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Left corner:

2 x ULN2803 connected to DB25 used for relays.

Right corner:

ULN2003 connected to RJ45 used for dosing pumps.

The board haven't any circuit for fans. Have only a connetor RJ11 to make the wiring more easy.
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The image did not come up, the parts of the old Ferduino board that still worked the last time I had it running after the short happened as follows.
the tft display
the relays
the level sensors
the temp probes
the LED control
the stuff that did not work:
Ethernet (no TX or RX) communication.
PH, ORP, PH Reactor and Salinity. (every time I put the EC Stamp in the ferduino instantly had problems).

I am very circuit literate, my mom has helped were she can but other wise this really is not where my study is, I am mechanic by profession and hobby I want to set up Ferduino to make things as easy as possible for my family to enjoy our tank if something happens too me. I know I have asked a lot of you for this project and I do thank you so vary much for your time and your patience. ^:)^
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As your stamps are working with new board the problem in old board should be the multiplexer.

Try replace the 74HC4052 marked in red.

http://www.digikey.com/product-search/e ... -1456-2-ND

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Maybe replace the W5100 (marked in yellow) can solve the problem the problem with ethernet.

http://www.digikey.com/product-search/e ... 78-1002-ND

On this way you can use all circuits so when you have all working can use the new board definitively.
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The old stamps do not work with the new board something has happened to them, I think there is voltage where it should be. I had to replace all of my stamps.
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I just tested all pins on the old setup using like a shield and if the pin has voltage it is 4.6v no matter the pin. what are your thoughts?
when the short occurred it blew a hole in the EC stamp I had originally on first board, lost communication with Ethernet module and ,PH, ORP no longer would read.
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