Grove Smart Plant Care Kit: Unboxing and Assembling | DIY
Written article with images/step by step instructions: https://www.instructables.com/id/Grov...
Link to buy the Grove Smart Plant Care Kit: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Sma...
Link to download the code: https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/Garde...
Layout of plywood: https://cdn.instructables.com/FMC/44D...
Placement of all parts on plywood: https://cdn.instructables.com/FGA/1XR...
The connections (Sensors): https://cdn.instructables.com/FH2/TQM...
Connections for Power and Water Pump: https://cdn.instructables.com/F92/YMM...
Instructions for uploading the code: https://www.instructables.com/id/Grov...
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A few months ago, after winning the Sensors Contest 2016 on instructables (https://www.instructables.com/contest..., one of the prizes included "Grove Smart Plant Care Kit." It was lying in the cupboard since that time until recently I decided to assemble it. The kit includes all the sensors and shields necessary for building the project including an instruction manual, but some extra parts need to be bought.
Seeed Studio doesn't have a written guide or a video tutorial online for putting together the kit, so decided to write an instructable on this, including a video tutorial. I've also mentioned the basic design and the placements of different sensors.
So the kit basically has various sensors like Temperature and Humidity, Sunlight, Soil Moisture, Water Flow etc. to monitor the growth of a plant and the surroundings. Water automatically starts pumping as the soil moisture goes below a set value. It also shows different warnings if there's no water left in the reservoir or a particular sensor data goes above or below the set values.
This can be an awesome project to learn more about different sensors and smart plant monitoring. The connections are grove based thus easy to connect and work with.
Following parts can be found in the kit:
Grove Base shield v2: Connects to arduino and as various grove connectors for different sensors. This makes it easier to connect everything
Grove Temperature and Humidity Sensor: To measure the temperature and humidity of the surroundings.
Grove Moisture Sensor: Used to detect moisture content of the soil of your plant.
Grove Encoder: Can detect rotations, hence used to adjust various settings.
Grove Relay: Used to switch on/off the water pump based on the digital signal from arduino.
Grove OLED Display: 128x64 dot matrix display to mention all the sensor data.
Grove Button: Used to adjust settings and pump water.
Grove Sunlight Sensor v1.0: Used to measure visible light, infrared light and ultraviolet light. Notifies if the plant is overexposed to sunlight.
Grove Water Flow Sensor: To measure the rate of flow of water via a dynamo.
-12V Water Pump: Used to supply water from the reservoir to the plant
-50cm Grove Ribbon Connectors (5x)
-Mini Screwdriver
-DC Power Jack
-A Small Piece of Wire
-A User Manual and Printed Sheet of Paper
Following extra parts will be required to assemble the project:
-An Arduino UNO (or other compatible boards with similar pinout)
-A 12V, 1A Adapter (to power everything up)
-A Potted Plant (obviously)
-Vinyl Tubing (atleast 2m, for water supply)
-Plywood (to build the base)
-A Small Beaker (as water reservoir)
-Spray Paint (optional)
-Nuts and Bolts
-Metal Spacers 4x (with screws)
-Male-Male Jumper Wires 2x
-Hot Glue Gun w/ Glue Sticks
-Rotatory Tool w/ Attachments
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