Plant Watering Calibration
Sections
1. Introduction
2. Hardware Check
3. Calibrate Water Sensor
4. Calibrate Soil Moisture Sensor
5. Upload to Arduino
Sections
1. Introduction
2. Hardware Check
3. Calibrate Water Sensor
4. Calibrate Soil Moisture Sensor
5. Upload to Arduino
1. Introduction
Instructions Read the introduction and prepare your kit. | The plant watering kit monitors the soil moisture of a potted plant and
waters it when a threshold is met. It will also monitor the water level
of a reservoir and sound a buzzer if it gets too low.
If you haven't already assembled your kit, you can find assembly instructions here. After your kit is assembled, we'll need to upload the plant watering sketch to the Arduino. This lesson will lead you through calibrating the water sensors for the plant watering sketch. |
2. Hardware Check
Goals Arduino plugged in.
| Please plug in your Arduino if you haven't already.
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3. Calibrate Water Sensor
Instructions Connect the water level sensor to pin A2 on your Arduino. Goals Measured empty.
Measured full.
Computed threshold.
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4. Calibrate Soil Moisture Sensor
Instructions Connect the soil moisture sensor to pin A0 on your Arduino. Goals Measured dry soil.
Measured wet soil.
Computed threshold.
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5. Upload to Arduino
Instructions Now that we have the thresholds, we can upload the code to the Arduino. Write down the thresholds before going to the programmer. | Soil Moisture Sensor Threshold 0 Water Sensor Threshold 0 Write down the thresholds then go to the
Arduino Programmer
and click on the options tab to enter the thresholds.
After you have entered the thresholds, select your board and
port, then click Upload.
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6. Lesson Done
Instructions You have completed the lesson. You may scroll up to review the lesson. |
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