The purpose of the Garden Nomad is to aid you in keeping a healthy and happy garden! Sometimes our plants die, and we usually don't know why. It could be too much/too little water or sunlight, unbalanced water, not enough nutrients, or improper environmental conditions. By gathering data on all of these variables, we can better ensure a healthy environment for anything we may wish to grow.
The Garden Nomad sits in your garden and collects data for you! It gathers local environmental data like ambient light levels, soil moisture, temperature, and humidity. This data is then sent to the cloud to be parsed and analyzed. It also has a PH meter which allows you to digitally collect PH values from your water, soil, and runoff. This is also sent to the cloud to be viewed on a Node Red dashboard. All this while running off a 3.7V battery, charged by a solar panel. See the below video for a demonstration.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HmCC5a3HJrJ4b2GdvI0pV6lj6-f1rphe/view?usp=sharing
This is currently a prototype and still undergoing changes. Keep checking back to see where it goes!
If you're interested in perusing my notes and other documentation, I will link it here. It can also be found in the Github repository linked further on the page.
My first conceptual drawing
Product beginning to take shape
Hinges & PH Probe housing
Planning code, other scribbles
Scribbles for Printed Circuit Board
Printed Circuit Board Early Mockup
Main housing, hot off the presses
Assembled with shelving - not wired in yet
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