Plantomation V1.0

Description

I always was really bad with house plants. Either I forgot to water them or outright drowned them. But because this year I wanted to grow some hot peppers, I needed a system, that takes care of that.

Presenting Plantomation! A (mostly) fully automated watering system based on the ESP32 microcontroller featuring an easy-to-use Web-Interface and support for up to four plants in Version 1!

Never forget to water your plants again, just keep in mind to refill the water reservoir from time to time

Details

The full (current) feature list:

Web-Interface for Monitoring and Setup
SD-Card support for loading of Config/Logging Data
Config internally saved
Up to four plant channels
Two different operating modes for each channel:
- Moisture Control using inexpensive Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors
- Timer Control for sensorless operation
12V Pump Support (I used a membrane pump)
12V fluid valve support
USB-Interface for debug messages (later rudimentary control)
Spillage Sensor for emergency stop (flood prevention)

Of course because the Project is still in development and testing, some features will be changed or new features added.

New features might include internal water consumption calculation and more intuitive web interface.

Files

Plantomation.pdf

Schematic

Adobe Portable Document Format - 582.19 kB - 02/14/2024 at 20:38

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Bharbour wrote 02/15/2024 at 00:36

Have it send you an email when the reservoir gets low?

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Synthron wrote 02/15/2024 at 06:57

thats a good idea!

will see if I can get that working in the future

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