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Universal Garden Logger
A Step Towards AI Gardening
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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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