I want to start switching low power 110V peristaltic pumps, small 150 watt heaters and some more common devices for may reef tank. I would like to know what shield or boards would work best for my application, in your opinion.
Aduino Mega 2560 is the controller. On that is stacked a stepper motor driver shield and an LCD display shield is on top of that. I have second type of motor driver that is not stacked.
Stacking would be good for this board but that real estate is pretty crowded so the board could be off to the side, connected via wires and connector(s). I use CAD software and a friend has a RepRap machine which will allow me to construct a custom enclosure so I don't use a bread board.
Many of the pin addresses are already used and I don't think that I can change some of them so I need a relay board that allows me to use some of the many pins that I have left over on the Mega.
Looking around the net, there are several things that might work but I don't have enough knowledge to make a good decision. What do you think would work for me?
Aduino Mega 2560 is the controller. On that is stacked a stepper motor driver shield and an LCD display shield is on top of that. I have second type of motor driver that is not stacked.
Stacking would be good for this board but that real estate is pretty crowded so the board could be off to the side, connected via wires and connector(s). I use CAD software and a friend has a RepRap machine which will allow me to construct a custom enclosure so I don't use a bread board.
Many of the pin addresses are already used and I don't think that I can change some of them so I need a relay board that allows me to use some of the many pins that I have left over on the Mega.
Looking around the net, there are several things that might work but I don't have enough knowledge to make a good decision. What do you think would work for me?