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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It would be really neat if someone made a sensor that could tell you whether your plant needs to be watered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

https://www.instructables.com/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Raspberry-Pi/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I've messed around with water sensors before. I just thought it would be neat to measure it via stress on the plant itself.

[–] Linkerbaan 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

An RPI to measure moisture seems complete overkill. There'sESP Home for small sensors https://www.instructables.com/Building-a-Wireless-Soil-Moisture-Sensor-With-ESPH/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pi picos are pretty good for iot projects like that. ESP are more power efficient, but a pi can be more self sufficient. I think it depends on the project.

[–] Linkerbaan 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The linked project recommended a Pi3 though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ah, that's just overkill.