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Daniel Rankin

2016-02-22T17:14:50Z

Dannyrankin: Adding links to bio page.

[[File:DannyGoose.jpg|thumb|Danny with a Goose. (center) ]]

'''Daniel Rankin''' is the founder of [[Agronimo]] and a member of the Jacob Springs Farm Team. He is currently a graduate student in the [http://atlas.colorado.edu/programs/ctd-track/ Creative Technologies and Design program] at the [[Wikipedia:University of Colorado Boulder| University of Colorado, Boulder.]]

Danny started at Jacob Springs at the beginning of the 2014 season, when he began an internship at the farm in conjunction with his undergraduate work in environmental studies at CU. After moving to the farm midway through the season, he completed an undergraduate thesis on the development of open-source, appropriate technology for smallholder agriculture.

User:Dannyrankin

2016-02-22T17:10:23Z

Dannyrankin: Redirected page to Daniel Rankin

#REDIRECT [[Daniel Rankin]]

Danny Rankin

2016-02-22T17:09:57Z

Dannyrankin: Redirected page to Daniel Rankin

#REDIRECT [[Daniel Rankin]]

Daniel Rankin

2016-02-22T17:09:36Z

Dannyrankin: Removed testing text.

[[File:DannyGoose.jpg|thumb|Danny with a Goose. (center) ]]

'''Daniel Rankin''' is the founder of [[Agronimo]] and a member of the Jacob Springs Farm Team. He is currently a graduate student in the Creative Technologies and Design program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Danny started at Jacob Springs at the beginning of the 2014 season, when he began an internship at the farm in conjunction with his undergraduate work in environmental studies at CU. After moving to the farm midway through the season, he completed an undergraduate thesis on the development of open-source, appropriate technology for smallholder agriculture.

JacobSpringsFarm:Greenhouse

2016-02-22T17:06:58Z

Dannyrankin: External link to hoop houses on wikipedia.

The greenhouse at Jacob Springs is a half[[Wikipedia:polytunnel| hoop style greenhouse]] that is located on the southeastern corner of the farm. It is connected to the [[woodshed]]. This greenhouse is typically used to extend the season of certain favored crops eaten by the farm team. Upcycled bathtubs are used as planters for these crops.

===Planting Order===

As of February 22nd, 2016, the plants are arranged in the greenhouse bathtubs as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|WEST
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|Carrots
|-
|Radishes
|-
|2
|Spinach
|-
|3
|Arugula
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|Red Russian Kale
|-
|Green Kale
|-
|5
|Spinach Mustard
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|Dill
|-
|Parsley
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|Iceberg Lettuce
|-
|Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
|-
|8
|Carrots
|-
!colspan="2"|EAST

|}

===Potential Projects===
The greenhouse space has a number of opportunities to be improved, should someone be interested in working on it:
*General cleanup of trash and degraded plastic on the ceiling
*Repair and improvement of the hot water circulation system
*Spreading wood chips on the floor
*Cleanup and organize pots and planters
*Repair of holes in plastic
*Reattach loose plastic near east entrance

JacobSpringsFarm:Greenhouse

2016-02-22T17:04:17Z

Dannyrankin:

The greenhouse at Jacob Springs is a [[Wikipedia:polytunnel|half hoop style]] greenhouse that is located on the southeastern corner of the farm. It is connected to the [[woodshed]]. This greenhouse is typically used to extend the season of certain favored crops eaten by the farm team. Upcycled bathtubs are used as planters for these crops.

===Planting Order===

As of February 22nd, 2016, the plants are arranged in the greenhouse bathtubs as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|WEST
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|Carrots
|-
|Radishes
|-
|2
|Spinach
|-
|3
|Arugula
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|Red Russian Kale
|-
|Green Kale
|-
|5
|Spinach Mustard
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|Dill
|-
|Parsley
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|Iceberg Lettuce
|-
|Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
|-
|8
|Carrots
|-
!colspan="2"|EAST

|}

===Potential Projects===
The greenhouse space has a number of opportunities to be improved, should someone be interested in working on it:
*General cleanup of trash and degraded plastic on the ceiling
*Repair and improvement of the hot water circulation system
*Spreading wood chips on the floor
*Cleanup and organize pots and planters
*Repair of holes in plastic
*Reattach loose plastic near east entrance

JacobSpringsFarm:Greenhouse

2016-02-22T17:01:56Z

Dannyrankin: /* The Greenhouse */

The greenhouse at Jacob Springs is a half hoop style greenhouse that is located on the southeastern corner of the farm. It is connected to the [[woodshed]]. This greenhouse is typically used to extend the season of certain favored crops eaten by the farm team. Upcycled bathtubs are used as planters for these crops.

===Planting Order===

As of February 22nd, 2016, the plants are arranged in the greenhouse bathtubs as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|WEST
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|Carrots
|-
|Radishes
|-
|2
|Spinach
|-
|3
|Arugula
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|Red Russian Kale
|-
|Green Kale
|-
|5
|Spinach Mustard
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|Dill
|-
|Parsley
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|Iceberg Lettuce
|-
|Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
|-
|8
|Carrots
|-
!colspan="2"|EAST

|}

===Potential Projects===
The greenhouse space has a number of opportunities to be improved, should someone be interested in working on it:
*General cleanup of trash and degraded plastic on the ceiling
*Repair and improvement of the hot water circulation system
*Spreading wood chips on the floor
*Cleanup and organize pots and planters
*Repair of holes in plastic
*Reattach loose plastic near east entrance

JacobSpringsFarm:Greenhouse

2016-02-22T16:57:42Z

Dannyrankin: /* The Greenhouse */

=The Greenhouse=

The greenhouse at Jacob Springs is a half hoop style greenhouse that is located on the southeastern corner of the farm. It is connected to the [[woodshed]]. This greenhouse is typically used to extend the season of certain favored crops eaten by the farm team. Upcycled bathtubs are used as planters for these crops.

===Planting Order===

As of February 22nd, 2016, the plants are arranged in the greenhouse bathtubs as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|WEST
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|Carrots
|-
|Radishes
|-
|2
|Spinach
|-
|3
|Arugula
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|Red Russian Kale
|-
|Green Kale
|-
|5
|Spinach Mustard
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|Dill
|-
|Parsley
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|Iceberg Lettuce
|-
|Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
|-
|8
|Carrots
|-
!colspan="2"|EAST

|}

===Potential Projects===
The greenhouse space has a number of opportunities to be improved, should someone be interested in working on it:
*General cleanup of trash and degraded plastic on the ceiling
*Repair and improvement of the hot water circulation system
*Spreading wood chips on the floor
*Cleanup and organize pots and planters
*Repair of holes in plastic
*Reattach loose plastic near east entrance

JacobSpringsFarm:Greenhouse

2016-02-22T16:45:24Z

Dannyrankin: Added seeding information from 22Feb2016

Daniel Rankin

2016-02-17T22:46:46Z

Dannyrankin:

[[File:DannyGoose.jpg|thumb|Danny with a Goose. (center) ]]

'''Daniel Rankin''' is the founder of [[Agronimo]] and a member of the Jacob Springs Farm Team. He is currently a graduate student in the Creative Technologies and Design program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Danny started at Jacob Springs at the beginning of the 2014 season, when he began an internship at the farm in conjunction with his undergraduate work in environmental studies at CU. After moving to the farm midway through the season, he completed an undergraduate thesis on the development of open-source, appropriate technology for smallholder agriculture.

Danny recently edited this entry as a test. Ignore this message.

Daniel Rankin

2015-10-16T04:27:35Z

Dannyrankin: added content.

[[File:DannyGoose.jpg|thumb|Danny with a Goose. (center) ]]

'''Daniel Rankin''' is the founder of [[Agronimo]] and a member of the Jacob Springs Farm Team. He is currently a graduate student in the Creative Technologies and Design program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Danny started at Jacob Springs at the beginning of the 2014 season, when he began an internship at the farm in conjunction with his undergraduate work in environmental studies at CU. After moving to the farm midway through the season, he completed an undergraduate thesis on the development of open-source, appropriate technology for smallholder agriculture.

File:DannyGoose.jpg

2015-10-16T03:11:54Z

Dannyrankin: Picture of Danny with a goose.

Picture of Danny with a goose.

Henmulator

2015-04-02T17:21:25Z

Dannyrankin: Added images, rotation and control system notes.

[[Image:HenMulator.jpg|thumb|[[Jacob Springs Farm|Jacob Springs]] and [[Agronimo]]'s prototype '''[[Henmulator]]''' [[arduino]] controlled incubator]]

The '''Henmulator''' (''hen emulator'') is [[Agronimo]] and [[Jacob Springs Farm]]'s [[incubation|incubator]] for Jacob Springs [[Jacob Springs Farm#Meat|poultry programs]]. It was the inaugural project to incorporate open source hardware and software into useful farm devices.

==Earlier versions==
Mike Soltys' engineering class at the University of Colorado created the first version of the henmulator - [https://github.com/MathHeads/Engineeringprojects/tree/master/pictures found here]. It was a plywood box with an arduino system controlling temperature and turning off the [[incubation#rolling devices| egg turner]] after 18 days of [[incubation]]. The project was never entirely working but it was an important step in developing the henmulator.

==Enclosure==

[[image:HenmulatorEnclosureDrawing.jpg|thumb|drawing of freezer that became the henmulator]]

The henmulator enclosure is an old upright freezer that stopped working a few months before the henmulator project began. It's internal volume is around 16 cubic feet (450 li) It was modified by removing the built-in shelves, cutting a window and vents into the door and re-trimming the interior of the door, painting the door yellow and adding draw latches. The latches were added because the door failed to seal after it was modified. [[Andre Houssney|Andre]] recommends ''not'' removing the magnetic seal of freezers while modifying them because it's difficult to reinstall them exactly flat making a good seal difficult. (This particular freezer door, however, had prior issues with the seal being fully shut anyway.)

==Working parts==

===Temperature controls===
The henmulator heater is a bank of 5 light bulbs in a fixture that was salvaged from a dumpster in a demolition site. It was re-wired so that two sets of two bulbs function in series. Equipped with 100 watt incandescent bulbs the total wattage is 300 watts since four bulbs (the ones in series) are operating at half power and one at full power. If any one of the bulbs burns out the wattage is reduced to 200 watts and if any two burn out the wattage will be 100 watts. ''See also [[incubation#bulbs in series]]

===Air circulation===
[[image:Henmulatorlowerfan.jpg|thumb|200px| lower, outlet fan blows air over the heating elements and the humidifier package]]
Two 110v fans salvaged from microwave ovens circulate the air in the Henmulator, on at each end of a duct that pulls air from the (inside) top of the enclosure and pushes it out at the bottom across the heating element. [[Andre Houssney|Andre]] estimates that one fan would probably suffice.

===Humidity controls===
The Henmulator as originally built was equipped with a home humidifier purchased at a thrift store that was controlled by the [[arduino]] via a relay. Plans are in process to replace this with a USB powered floating humidifier purchased online for less than $10, the advantage of this is that it makes the relay unneeded, although there are concerns about longevity.

===Rotation===
[[image:henmulatorgears.jpg|thumb|200px| overlapping gears reduce the rotation of the microwave motor. The gears were laser cut using 1/4" clear acrylic. ]]Rotation on the henmulator is handled by a gear system that is driven by a 2.5 RPM AC motor, pulled from an old microwave oven. By overlapping to sets of gears with a ratio 6:1, the rotation is slowed to approximately 4 rotations per hour.
===Electrical wiring===
The Henmulator essentially has two sets of wiring: the 5V DC microcontroller circuit, which reads data from the sensor and controls the temperature and humidity relays; and the fan and gear circuit, which run off a separate plug connected to 120V AC wall power. Most of the wiring was run through existing conduits in the freezer housing.

===Control system===
[[image:henmulatorwiring.jpg|thumb|200px| A block diagram schematic of the henmulator control system wiring. ]]The control system uses an arduino pro mini with a HTU21D humidity and temperature sensor and two relays. One relay controls a series of 5 incandescent light bulbs (for temperature) and the other controls the humidifier.

===Arduino Code===
The code to run the Henmulator is relatively simple- temperature and humidity thresholds are defined within the code, then the relays are activated when the readings are below the threshold. The code can be found [http://pastebin.com/ecgUjUe4 here.]

File:Henmulatorgears.jpg

2015-04-02T17:01:17Z

Dannyrankin: The Gear Mechanism for the Henmulator.

The Gear Mechanism for the Henmulator.

File:Henmulatorwiring.jpg

2015-04-02T16:59:19Z

Dannyrankin: A block diagram/schematic of the control circuit for the Henmulator.

A block diagram/schematic of the control circuit for the Henmulator.

Henmulator

2015-04-02T16:42:49Z

Dannyrankin:

[[Image:HenMulator.jpg|thumb|[[Jacob Springs Farm|Jacob Springs]] and [[Agronimo]]'s prototype '''[[Henmulator]]''' [[arduino]] controlled incubator]]

The '''Henmulator''' (''hen emulator'') is [[Agronimo]] and [[Jacob Springs Farm]]'s [[incubation|incubator]] for Jacob Springs [[Jacob Springs Farm#Meat|poultry programs]]. It was the inaugural project to incorporate open source hardware and software into useful farm devices.

==Earlier versions==
Mike Soltys' engineering class at the University of Colorado created the first version of the henmulator - [https://github.com/MathHeads/Engineeringprojects/tree/master/pictures found here]. It was a plywood box with an arduino system controlling temperature and turning off the [[incubation#rolling devices| egg turner]] after 18 days of [[incubation]]. The project was never entirely working but it was an important step in developing the henmulator.

==Enclosure==

[[image:HenmulatorEnclosureDrawing.jpg|thumb|drawing of freezer that became the henmulator]]

The henmulator enclosure is an old upright freezer that stopped working a few months before the henmulator project began. It's internal volume is around 16 cubic feet (450 li) It was modified by removing the built-in shelves, cutting a window and vents into the door and re-trimming the interior of the door, painting the door yellow and adding draw latches. The latches were added because the door failed to seal after it was modified. [[Andre Houssney|Andre]] recommends ''not'' removing the magnetic seal of freezers while modifying them because it's difficult to reinstall them exactly flat making a good seal difficult. (This particular freezer door, however, had prior issues with the seal being fully shut anyway.)

==Working parts==

===Temperature controls===
The henmulator heater is a bank of 5 light bulbs in a fixture that was salvaged from a dumpster in a demolition site. It was re-wired so that two sets of two bulbs function in series. Equipped with 100 watt incandescent bulbs the total wattage is 300 watts since four bulbs (the ones in series) are operating at half power and one at full power. If any one of the bulbs burns out the wattage is reduced to 200 watts and if any two burn out the wattage will be 100 watts. ''See also [[incubation#bulbs in series]]

===Air circulation===
[[image:Henmulatorlowerfan.jpg|thumb|200px| lower, outlet fan blows air over the heating elements and the humidifier package]]
Two 110v fans salvaged from microwave ovens circulate the air in the Henmulator, on at each end of a duct that pulls air from the (inside) top of the enclosure and pushes it out at the bottom across the heating element. [[Andre Houssney|Andre]] estimates that one fan would probably suffice.

===Humidity controls===
The Henmulator as originally built was equipped with a home humidifier purchased at a thrift store that was controlled by the [[arduino]] via a relay. Plans are in process to replace this with a USB powered floating humidifier purchased online for less than $10, the advantage of this is that it makes the relay unneeded, although there are concerns about longevity.

===Rotation===

===Electrical wiring===

===Control system===

The control system uses an arduino pro mini with a HTU21D humidity and temperature sensor and two relays. one relay controls the heater and the other controls the humidifier.

==Arduino Code==

The code to run the Henmulator is relatively simple, and can be found[http://pastebin.com/ecgUjUe4 here]