The Tech Setup Breakdown
Time for a tech roll call - here's the dope setup I'm rockin' for my green machine:
- Raspberry Pi 4: The brain of the operation, collecting all the stats and keeping the environment in check.
- Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor: This little gadget is all about keeping tabs on how thirsty the soil is.
- Air Temperature Sensor: Keeping a close eye on the temp, so it's always cozy for my leafy pal.
- Air Humidity Sensor: Monitoring the moisture in the air, because it's not just about the soil.
- USB Powered Water Pump: For that drip, drip, drip watering goodness. Hydration on point!
- WiFi Camera: Snapping pics of my plant, so we never miss a moment of its glory.
- Telegram Bot: My digital sidekick, sending me alerts about the plant's environment and giving me the 411 on temp, humidity, soil moisture, plus the current day and week of growth, not to mention the plant's status.
That's the tech squad. Together, we're turning this grow op into a science lab! ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ค
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Was ist das fรผr ein System um deine Daten so im Blick zu haben ? Bin auch am suchen um alles noch einen Ticken besser zu kontrollieren kรถnnen .
Ansonsten happy Grow ๐๐ฑ
@Kazzy420, hi there! I did it by myself using Raspberry Pi and some other stuff from amazon.
here is a full set:
- Raspberry Pi 4 to collect metrics and control environment (63 usd)
- capacitive soil moisture sensor (8 usd for 4 pieces)
- air temperature sensor (12 usd for two pieces)
- air humidity sensor (model: dht22)
- USB powered water pump for drip watering (like 10 usd)
- USB camera to get instant photo of the plant (that was a gift)
- telegram bot to receive environment alerts and to get instant information about the plant including: temperature, humidity, soil moisture level, current day and week and a status of the plant
the next week I will set up scheduled watering (not just by tapping message to telegram bot)
and also I bought Raspberry compatible TDS sensor, but haven't set it up yet :)
I wrote exporter in Python to export metrics to the database and store them for 1 year. I use Prometheus as a database for metrics.
For visualization I use Grafana
telegram bot was written using Python
all the software run on Raspberry