THE CHALLENGES PLANTATION OWNERS FACE TODAY! Many trips have to be taken in order to manually check soil humidity on a regular basis.It can be difficult to know the exact amount of water to give plants, thus causing stress for the crops by over or under-watering.Over-watering...
Problem:•The Farmers in developing nations currently needs to manually assess crop quality which may or may not lead to the right assessment • Small Farmers are disconnected with use of technology • Overusage or underusage of nitrogen fertilizer can...
Intro One of the top environmental problems is food and water Insecurity. Rising temperatures and unsustainable farming practices has resulted in the increasing threat of water and food insecurity. Globally, more than 68 billion tons of top-soil...
Rewriting this as an advertisement/instructions:STEP 1: Build the unitAssemble the wooden frame IKEA-Style, and add the pots.STEP 2: Fill the potsAdd 50% dirt and 50% potting soil.STEP 3: Add the sensorsStick the moisture, temperature, and light sensors...
I was looking for a plant moisture sensor so I knew when to water my plants but wasn't happy with what was currently available. My requirements were: thin shape - I didn't like how wide and stubby most sensors weremultiple LEDs - to show the moisture...
This is what finished system looks like.The Sensor NodeThe Base StationThe AppHow does it work?The (many) sensor nodes consists of a Moteino (an Arduino clone with an RF transceiver), a soil moisture sensor, a humidity sensor, temperature sensor and...
The Network Each individual sensor module has a specific address that can be programmed by the user using the buttons on the module's electronic board. The first sensor module transmits its data via 4 bytes to the second module every 30 seconds. Each...
Introduction Due to climate change, forest fires are becoming increasing frequent, and sadly this frequency will continue to increase. What can communities that live in forested areas do to address this threat? Well, one thing we can do is help them...
To obtain temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and approximate altitude, I used an Adafruit BME280 I2C or SPI Temperature Humidity Pressure Sensor. Below, you can inspect the formulas I implemented to calculate the approximate evaporation rates...
How It Works Parasitic Capacitance To measure the soil moisture, the board has a parasitic capacitor (really just a pair of PCB traces) that changes its capacitance according to how wet the soil around it is. The ESP32 feeds a square wave to this capacitor...
Previous Published Projects: RF Outlet to Light Switch Hack LED Puck Lights for Camping In-Work Projects: RF Outlet to Light Switch Hack 2.0Enhanced IOT Light Switch (new) Future Projects: 3D print new fish feeder trayServo controlled fish feederCollect...
The story behind making a simpler version of EKO began with the desire to create a more accessible and affordable solution for plant lovers who may not have the resources or technical expertise to set up a full-fledged IoT system. After researching and...
Z-Uno was designed to allow people to make their own IoT devices for their Smart Homes. Many times we were asked "Is there a pressure/radiation/water level/.../whate ever sensor in Z-Wave?" and we found that it would be cool if people can make their...
Background Earlier this year, we designed and built a robust, IoT self-watering plant system (Project Eden) that I installed in my home garden. Having a background in water process engineering, I aspired to develop a solution aimed at water conservation...
What problem are you going to solve? We run in a busy world where we find it difficult to water plants on time. It was found that gardeners used so much water in their gardens or on their balconies that they lost track of things. The result is that the...