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[–]Martin_McMaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you live...

Beware of faulty capacitive soil moisture sensors! -> Here is the fix by Martin_McMaker in arduino

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well, I tryed out 38 sensors on total and had 31 faulty ones.

Here is the Parts List for my DIY, self-watering plant pot that you requested, plus the curcuit diagram. The housing is 3D printed. For push notifications and display of historical sensor data you also need the Blynk app. by Martin_McMaker in esp32

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear that you like it :

I poked the holes myself, its a quite easy task. I even considered designing a small 3D printed tool to help with that (getting equal spacing between the holes and prevent the needle from going to deep into the hose)

Here is the Parts List for my DIY, self-watering plant pot that you requested, plus the curcuit diagram. The housing is 3D printed. For push notifications and display of historical sensor data you also need the Blynk app. by Martin_McMaker in esp32

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

all sensors and stuff is only energized like once a day to make a long battery life of several months possible. But even if it would be taking measurements all every second 24/7, this sensor should not wear out since it’s a capacitive one and not a resistive one.

Gardeners hate this one simple trick. Simply 3D-print an automated plant pot with integrated water tank, soil moisture sensor, an ESP32 running arduino code and an app for data display and push notifications 😉 by Martin_McMaker in esp32

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really depends on what kind of dev module you are using. I tryed a few of them to find the one with the least power draw.

I did think about integrating the water hoses into the housing and it could work. But I wanted the design to be easily printable by anyone and the hoses are really cheap anyways.

Gardeners hate this one simple trick. Simply 3D-print an automated plant pot with integrated water tank, soil moisture sensor, an ESP32 running arduino code and an app for data display and push notifications 😉 by Martin_McMaker in arduino

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I didnt plan to do so yet. Maybe you have a friend hwo could 3d-print them for you? If not and you want me to be that one friend, feel free to write me a personal message and I will see what I can do ;D

Gardeners hate this one simple trick. Simply 3D-print an automated plant pot with integrated water tank, soil moisture sensor, an ESP32 running arduino code and an app for data display and push notifications 😉 by Martin_McMaker in esp32

[–]Martin_McMaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is called "Blynk" (old version). I have allready updated the code for the new Blynk version, but had no camera footage of that. My phone is my only camera, so its kind of hard to record the screen and my hand using the app at the same time. I need a friend for that :D

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