doax mentioned an arduino in the first post, I like that idea, they can be had for as little as $15 for a clone. They have tons of support online so getting the code right should'nt be a problem, and once we do everyone can copy and paste it. Kinda like MPGuino project. They also sell cheap lcd displays for like $20 so we can use the serial print function to display temp and pump on/off status, ect. I bought one a few months back and have been real busy with things so I haven't got past the first few little tutorials(I can blink some leds like you wouldn't believe) but it is fun to play with and I see tons of uses for us.
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