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  • Starting with the sensors!

  • So I finally got started with some sensors! Here are the sensors I started with: One Wire Temperature Sensor (Grove) [DIGITAL] Wiki: https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/One-Wire-Temperature-Sensor-DS18B20/Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor (Grove) [ANALOG]...
  • Designing and building add-ons

  • 1. USB power supply and a reading light USB power supply add-on gerber rendering: I added two additional solder pads (power isolation jumper) to enable the power indicator LED. Some may need it, some not. Reading light add-on gerber rendering: The LED...
  • Hardware design

  • Recently we bought some new plants to fill up some of the space after we moved to a larger house. I am not the best plant owner, and need to be reminded when to water these new housemates. Roughly at the same time, I found a cool new component, that...
  • Sensors to consider!

  • To note with these gas sensors: we'd want a fan to get good ambient air flow into the enclosure containing the sensors! PM 2.5 Nova PM Sensor SDS011 (0.3 to 10μm) https://components101.com/sensors/nova-pm-sensor-sds011-pinout-features-working-applications-datasheet ...
  • IoT with Espoir Part 2: Applied gardening

  • New guide: smart, open source, IoT irrigation system Last week, I covered how to create an IoT application with Espoir without any programming. This week, I have a follow-up guide, IoT irrigation with Espoir. It covers the fabrication and configuration...
  • Smart Plant

  • Overview The Smart Plant was designed to be flashed with the ESPHome firmware, however it can be directly programmed through Arduino or ESP-IDF. And since the code is yours, so it's the data you gather, stream it to your Home Assistant server and automate...
  • WiFi flower moisture sensor

  • Before you start, please make sure you have the following components: Cricket Wi-Fi module (https://www.thingsonedge.com/)Soil Moisture Sensor6-Way Terminal Block2xAAA batteries (either AAA or AA)AAA batteries pack (either AAA or AA)3x Female/Female...
  • Fytó - Turn Your Plant Into Pet

  • Fytó is a smart planter that can easily turn your plant into a pet. It comes with built-in sensors that measure everything from light exposure to soil moisture which can trigger six different emotions that will communicate how your plant is doing....
  • Phase II: Additional Testing

  • Okay, a few quick updates:- I've gotten a DS18B20 Temperature sensor working with the ESP8266 Huzzah- I've gotten the deep sleep function on the ESP8266 Huzzah working as well, I am currently running long term tests to determine how long the weather...
  • Chinese sensors

  • The Chinese moisture sensor is exactly what you expect from a $1,- sensor. Crappy.Corrosion in one week. So time to find something better. It needs to be able to send an AC signal or at least be able to turn off when not in use.So does anybody have a...
  • Smiley TOF Module

  • Time of Flight (TOF) sensors are quite useful in measuring distances between objects and a point of reference. Instead of measuring distances using an ultrasonic sensor, infrared proximity sensor or computer vision techniques, this tiny laser source...
  • New ideas, starting now

  • OK some busy (non hacking) summer months have passed but I have not stopped this project.Quick update:Won a stick vise Thanks Hackaday!Did not make the next round hackaday price 2015 :( but should get a t-shirt :)The peristaltic pump started leaking,...