[AShyFig]

For those who are curious, here is the office view of my own "Spaceship tractor cab." https://imgur.com/a/ebUlEVy

Devices:

Tractor - 1979 Versatile 875. Indestructible. Used for planting with a 40' air seeder.

Trimble 500 - This is now a redundant GPS receiver which provides a special NEMA string to the device below it. Will stay in operation until I can figure out how to reliably duplicate said string via the primary GPS.

PF3000 - Old reliable. This computer allows rudimentary tracking of loads to allow for seed and fertilizer rate experiments. Data is saved to a CF card for later transfer to SMS Basic or QGIS.

CF-D1 Tablet - This handy bright touchscreen handles the signal from the primary GPS and RTK towers. It communicates with various sensors and a DC motor to steer the machine. Runs AgOpenGPS, a incredible godsend of a project which allows these kind of autosteer retrofits on old tractors for dirt cheap.

Various camera screens to monitor the operations of an Air Seeder. You know what's cheaper and more reliable than airflow and runout sensors? Cameras. :) Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade these to IP cameras this spring, but for now they're all various brands of cheap wired "backup cameras."

Agtron sensor monitor (canbus I think?) - This is supposed to monitor shaft RPMS and other various functions for the Air Seeder. It kinda works, but most functions are broken.

AtomJet Aux Hydraulic system - Allows older tractors to handle newer more intensive implements.

AgopenGPS control board (V2.. I think) - Takes Wheel Angle sensor data, GPS data, and Motion sensor Data, stews it all up on an Arduino nano and feeds that to the steeringwheel motor.

Ardusimple GPS RTK2B - Primary GPS receiver and NEMA string generator.

Not pictured - A streamdeck MK2 set up to control AgOpenGPS functions. Of dubious usefulness. :)

Other future upgrades - Replacing the main hydraulic manifold block with electronic solenoids. This should allow AgOpenGPS to raise and lower the implement automatically, as well as control various functions of the air seeder. One more step on the road to total automation!

[MrUnderhill]

What a beast! This is deserving of its own blog post and HN thread!