As we all know, two things are absolutely necessary to keep plants alive: water and light. This article is short, but feel free to jump straight to the demo.
We want to create a system that can autonomously keep our green friends alive, and as such, we require the following features:
These two features are the bare minimum for a smart indoor farming solution, but many other capabilities can be added to the system, such as:
- Temperature, Humidity, and CO2 monitoring: to monitor water levels in the air surrounding the plants.
- Leak detection and water level sensing to monitor water sources (a tank, a well, a container, etc.)W
- Soil humidity to monitor the soil's state
- Access control, ingress monitoring, and intrusion detection to keep bad actors away.
- Nutrient supply control: to provide fertilizer for the plants.