Monitoring soil

Step into Smart Gardening

• Understand how a soil moisture sensor works.
• Connect the Grove Soil Moisture Sensor to your Raspberry Pi.
• Write Python code to read sensor data.
• Interpret sensor readings and determine soil moisture status.
• Master basic data reading using the grove.py library.

Problem

Can we monitor the environment so we may automate say smart water pump?

Commercial solution

Attaching the Grove Base Hat

Carefully align the Grove Base Hat with the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins.

Gently press down until the Base Hat is securely seated.

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https://geraldonit.com/2020/01/12/how-to-mount-a-grove-base-hat-for-raspberry-pi/

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Connecting the Sensor

https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Moisture_Sensor/#play-with-raspberry-pi-with-grove-base-hat-for-raspberry-pi

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Boot the device

Create user

Login

Open terminal

Setup Grove base (if needed)

https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove_Base_Hat_for_Raspberry_Pi/

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Questions & Answers