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Plants liven up any space by adding a sense of airiness and life. That is – of course – when you don’t forget to water them, and they shrivel up and die. I am very bad at remembering to water plants. That is why I built this self-watering plant to do it for me. Using a soil sensor, and an Arduino-controlled water pump, I have created a system that will never forget to do it. Instead of remembering to water my plants when the soil goes dry, I only have to remember to once and a while refill the water reservoir. In this way, I have decreased my obligation to these plants and put it off to a much later date. Perhaps further iterations of this device can be connected to a rain barrel so that I won’t even have to worry about refilling my reservoir, and the entire system can be fully automated.
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Care to share how you built it? I’m specifically interested in the pump.
Comment by Chris — July 24, 2012 @ 7:03 am
@Chris did you follow the link? Randy shows every step in great detail.
Comment by Becky Stern — July 24, 2012 @ 8:47 am
Awesome. (Though I do agree with Chris. Sometimes, it’s hard to locate the link, though I now know where to look at it because I’ve been following the blog for a while… Perhaps a “read more” link after the text?)
Comment by Zak Zebrowski — July 24, 2012 @ 11:02 am
Using an arduino for that makes Bob Pease’s ghost sad. Where’s the 555 contest when you need it.
Comment by AS — July 24, 2012 @ 7:59 pm
@as – please make a project like this using 555 timers and show everyone what’s possible, we’d love to post it up here.
Comment by adafruit — July 24, 2012 @ 8:04 pm