greenOmatic

Plant Care system implemented using Arduinos

View the Project on GitHub mechatrocity/greenOmatic

Introducing the greenOmatic

Roadmap

Current Status

Hardware

Computer and Communications

433MHz ASK 1-wire Transmitter

NRF905 RF Transceiver

Sensors

Analog Soil Moisture Sensors

DS18B20 Waterproof Temperature Sensors

BH1750 Ambient Light Sensors

DHT11/DHT21 Temperature and Humidity Sensors

Used to monitor the environmental conditions the plants are in. Currently not used for any closed-loop control, future plans include a heater for greenhouse temperature control.

Actuators

The greenOmatic system

5V Relays

I2C GPIO expander

12VDC Water Pump

TODO

Software

Arduino and Arduino Libraries

SPI

Wire

RadioHead

RF Commander Application Software

The greenOmatic Receiver system

greenOmatic Comm Hub, Version 1

Arduino with an Ethernet Shield and RF Receiver

433MHz ASK 1-wire Transmitter

DS1307 RTC

Ethernet Shield

greenOmatic Comm Hub, Version 2

Arduino Mini Pro + NRF905

Arduino Mini Pro + NRF905 with the Motherboard

The decision to get rid of it