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Universal Garden Logger

A Step Towards AI Gardening

Universal Garden Logger
Universal Garden Logger
Smart irrigation, controlled by sensors, cares for water conservation and helps recover plants in stress due to inadequate scheduled watering. Moving to intelligent irrigation based on machine learning would be a step even beyond that. In this article, I present a data logger that marks the first step toward garden intelligence.
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Materials

Component list

Component List

Microcontroller module

WeMos D1 Mini (ESP8266), https://amazon.com/dp/B07W8ZQY62

 

Sensors

Water level sensor, https://amazon.com/dp/B09J2NK21Y

Rain sensor, https://amazon.com/dp/B01DK29K28

Soil moisture sensor, https://amazon.com/dp/B083Q8DFHX

Ambient Sensor DHT11, https://amazon.com/dp/B0CCF2C2CF

Light sensor TEMT6000, https://amazon.com/dp/B00L8DW8L2

 

Miscellaneous

C3 = 100 nF, ceramic

C4 = 470 µF, 10 V

24LC256 EEPROM (Mouser)

LM1117MP-3.3-NOPB 3.3V regulator (Mouser)

BD139 transistor (Mouser)

CD4052BE analog multiplexer (Mouser)

Lithium battery 1,100 mAh 3.7V, https://amazon.com/dp/B06WRRQGR6

Project box 85×50×21 mm, https://amazon.com/dp/B0B4VGGN6J

Double-sided FR-4 PCB 40×60 mm, https://amazon.com/dp/B0968F3748

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