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Kendrick DigiFire FX Pro?
Hey all,
Anyone using the Kendrick DigiFire FX Pro dew heater controller? I've been tossing up between the Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox, DigiFire FX Pro and building my own Arduino based solution.
Pegasus PPB is cheaper and a little fancier with PC integration and control, though no controls on the device itself. The biggest negative for me is that the heater output would appear to be just mapped against ambient temp. Not optic temp.
The DigiFire FX Pro Actually has an ambient temp probe AND an optic temp probe and will adjust output to maintain a differential of x degrees over air temp. Presumably PID controlled and not mapped. This basically matches my initial DIY idea. It has less accessory 12V outputs though and the interface on the device is somehow only 2 buttons.
DIY - I've dabbled with making devices with arduino in the past. I've got a pretty good plan in my head on how to do it. I expect a DIY solution will end up costing the same as buying the DigiFire FX Pro if I want to have the same features (which I do).
But I'm easily distracted and making anything that takes longer than an hour generally takes 6mo as I jump between partially complete projects and finish none of them... So buying will actually mean I get something working...
Does anyone have any experience specifically with the DigiFire FX Pro? Are you happy with it? What's the quality like - it looks only marginally better than a DIY project in the limited info on the guy's website.
Keen to hear your thoughts.
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