Purpose of this project:
This project consists of creating an automatic watering system for plants, which triggers a water supply only in case of need. Suitable for a single plant or a small plantation, this system can be replicated at different scales. It will allow you to maintain your plants in your absence, or to manage the growth of species particularly sensitive to moisture by setting fine adjustments.
This automatic watering device will provide an opportunity to study the use of an analog signal from a sensor to activate a fairly powerful actuator (here an electric pump) using a relay.
Principle of operation:
Located near the plant or plants to be monitored, the installation monitors the state of drought of the earth with the help of a dedicated sensor, characterizing the resistance of the earth between two electrodes. This information is then used to activate a 5V pump, driven by an Arduino board to supply plants with water.
Composants nécessaires
- Arduino UNO
- Soil moisture sensor
- 5V water pump
- Relay
- Water tank
- Connecting wires
- Test plate
Mounting the automatic watering system
To make the assembly, we can connect
For the soil moisture sensor:
- pin (+) to 3.3V pin of Arduino
- pin (-) to GND pin of Arduino
- pin (S) to pin A0 of Arduino
For relay :
- pin (+) to 3.3V pin of Arduino
- pin (-) to GND pin of Arduino
- pin (S) to pin 4 of Arduino
- pin (ON) to 5V pin of Arduino
For the water pump:
- the first terminal to the COM pin of the relay
- the second GND terminal to Arduino GND pin
Program
Here is the program for the Arduino board connected to the automated parking system.
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
int digitalPin = 4; // For relay int analogPin = A0; // For the soil moisture sensor int digitalVal; // digital readings int analogVal; //analog readings void setup() { pinMode(digitalPin, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(digitalPin, LOW); } void loop() { analogVal = analogRead(analogPin);//read the value returned by the moisture sensor if (analogVal<400){//if the humidity sensor returns a value<500 digitalWrite(digitalPin, HIGH);//The water pump waters the plant } else { // sinon digitalWrite(digitalPin, LOW);//Water pump stops watering } delay(100); } |
You can also see
6 commentaires
Leave a comment
Recent tutorials
Most viewed tutorials
Most commented tutorials
Scroll to Top
Krungle 24-08-2222
yeaaa fantastic robot
Phoebe 17-07-2222
Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could add to my blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter updates. I've been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this. Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy reading your blog and I look forward to your new updates.
Ricky 17-07-2222
What's up, just wanted to say, I liked this post. It was helpful. Keep on posting!
Etsuko 17-07-2222
This information is worth everyone's attention. How can I find out more?
Star 07-07-2222
Excellent web site you have got here.. It's hard to find good quality writing like yours these days. I truly appreciate people like you! Take care!!
David 10-12-2121
Hello bro, i want to make color detector with a phone and a arduino for detect color of coffee beans, it is possible?