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Universal Garden Logger
A Step Towards AI Gardening
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.
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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