I am tidying and fixing up flaws in my model that informs plant maintenance.

Before I destroy 2-3 hours, does anyone here own a plant and would like an Arduino powered box that helps you keep your plant healthy?

Here is the old design (Top off) with flaws. I am currently going through my docs to see what went wrong.

Model name is GHG/GX-E38: GHG is project name (GreenHouseGas) GX-E38 is HEXA encoded model name.

Cheers!

    • TOR-anon1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      The box monitors temp/humidity and soil moisture and Beeps/Flashes to inform that the plant needs maintenance.

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Settings in the firmware. If OP was smart they would call a config file that they can then update as they go along, but if it’s a simple interface that may not be necessary

          • TOR-anon1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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            9 months ago

            A seperate config file wasn’t used, but there is a controller able to change the config.

        • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          It’s probably a soil moisture sensor. I suspect for succulents you would probably want to add a timer to the sensor, but it seems like something you could automate.

  • David From Space@orbiting.observerEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I like the concept, here’s a few questions!

    • What’s the form factor of your project?
    • Will it be waterproof or just a housing for the electronics?
    • Is it wall powered or battery?

    I’ve been looking at setting up soil monitors for my garden, although I’m wanting them to report to Home Assistant. I’d prefer a Zigbee or Z-Wave monitor, but it seems bluetooth or rolling your own seems to be the way to go right now.

    • TOR-anon1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I don’t exacly know what you mean, but the (generic) Form Factor of this device is:

      • Unimonitor. (Designed to monitor one plant. [Needs Changing])
      • Extensible. (CC-BY-SA CAD source, GPLv3 code)
      • Durable. (5mm thick wall, IP33)

      The device is rain-resistant, but nothing fancy.

      It’s wall powered.

      It doesn’t use LAN/PAM. Instead, a local config and IR controller is used to modify paramaters. However, you could code this in.

      Sould there be anything to change for the device?