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minus-square@blackstampede@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoIt would be really neat if someone made a sensor that could tell you whether your plant needs to be watered.
minus-square@fossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agohttps://www.instructables.com/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Raspberry-Pi/
minus-square@blackstampede@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoYeah, I’ve messed around with water sensors before. I just thought it would be neat to measure it via stress on the plant itself.
minus-square@Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoAn RPI to measure moisture seems complete overkill. There’sESP Home for small sensors https://www.instructables.com/Building-a-Wireless-Soil-Moisture-Sensor-With-ESPH/
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoPi picos are pretty good for iot projects like that. ESP are more power efficient, but a pi can be more self sufficient. I think it depends on the project.
minus-square@Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoThe linked project recommended a Pi3 though.
It would be really neat if someone made a sensor that could tell you whether your plant needs to be watered.
https://www.instructables.com/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Raspberry-Pi/
Yeah, I’ve messed around with water sensors before. I just thought it would be neat to measure it via stress on the plant itself.
An RPI to measure moisture seems complete overkill. There’sESP Home for small sensors https://www.instructables.com/Building-a-Wireless-Soil-Moisture-Sensor-With-ESPH/
Pi picos are pretty good for iot projects like that. ESP are more power efficient, but a pi can be more self sufficient. I think it depends on the project.
The linked project recommended a Pi3 though.
Ah, that’s just overkill.