Explore automated plant watering systems powered by IoT in this hour-long video tutorial, part of Microsoft's IoT for Beginners series. Learn to control water pumps using soil moisture sensor data, connect relays to Raspberry Pi, and manage devices over the internet with MQTT. Discover practical considerations for outdoor sensor placement, high-power device control, and timing for sensors and actuators. Gain hands-on experience through demonstrations and access additional resources, including a free 24-lesson IoT curriculum and hardware kits. Dive into digital agriculture applications and build upon knowledge from previous series episodes to enhance your IoT skills.
IoT-Powered Automated Plant Watering System - Digital Agriculture Project
Overview
Syllabus
- Intro
- IoT for Beginners, a free 24 lesson IoT curriculum - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners
- Catch the previous series - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners-videos
- Get the kits from Seeed Studio - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners-kits
- Automate all the things!
- Control high power devices from low power devices
- Putting soil moisture sensors outside
- Relays, electromechanical switches
- Demo - Connect a Seeed Grove relay to a Raspberry Pi
- Power a water pump via the relay
- Control the pump based off soil moisture
- Control the pump over the Internet using MQTT
- Sensor and actuator timing considerations
Taught by
Microsoft Reactor
