Print, assemble and program your own intelligent Smart Plant Pot. With a hidden water reservoir, pump and sensors why not make your plant care easy.
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With an Arduino Nano at its core this project uses a water level sensor to let you know when to refill the concealed tank and a solid moisture sensor to figure out when to water your plant based on its needs.
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CORRECTION: 4:05 into the video I incorrectly say to use 20cm wires to connect the water level sensor. The correct length is 35cm.
List of items used in this project and where to find them:
■ Arduino Nano: https://geni.us/ArduinoNanoV3
■ Mini submersible pump: https://geni.us/MiniPump
■ 5mm tubing: https://geni.us/5mmTubing
■ Transistor: https://geni.us/2npn2222
■ Resistors (1k and 4.7k): https://geni.us/Ufa2s
■ Wire: https://geni.us/22AWGWire
■ 3mm LED: https://geni.us/LEDs
■ Water level sensor: https://geni.us/WaterLevelSensor
■ Nuts and Bolts: http://geni.us/NutsAndBolts
■ Soil moisture sensor: https://geni.us/MoistureSensor
■ Half Perma-proto board: https://geni.us/HalfPermaProto
■ PLA Filament: https://geni.us/PLAFilament
■ Battery powered glue gun: http://geni.us/BoschBatteryGlueGun
■ Battery powered soldering iron: http://bit.ly/SealeySDL6
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The code can be downloaded from here: https://github.com/DIY-Machines/SmartPlantV1
3D printed parts and wiring diagram can be downloaded from here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3537287
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How much did everithing cost(not pla) electronics? =)
Awesome video, it's help me a lot on the current project that I worked on. Big thanks for sharing your Knowledge!
Ideally, when soldering, you want to put the legs of the component through the pcb and form them at 45 degrees to hold the component in place. This allows you to cut the legs to length before soldering, which avoids the possibility of cracked solder joints from snipping afterwards ?
wow! This tutorial is exactly what I was looking for!! Thanks so much for your time and effort into making this DIY!
A good idea would be too switch the moisture sensor out with a capacitive soil moisture sensor. Because of the exposed copper it slowly gets damaged while the capacitive sensor doesn't have any exposed metals.
why is the transistor and resistor necessary?
Super friend. So thanks for all.
Awesome!
More than one plant ??? Can I do it for 25?
I don’t know if someone already asked the same.
Great video, Thanks ?
this guy looks and sounds like salad fingers
The 4.7 kohm resistor on the base of the transistor didn't allow enough current to start the pump that I am using (which looks identical to what is shown in this video). I kept lowering the resistance of the base resistor. The pump starts using a 470 ohm resistor. Hope this helps anyone else experiencing the same issue. Great video!
Awesome???
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You have a permanent voltage on the resistive moisture sensor. It will do electrolysis and will fail rather quickly due to losing the conductive metal surface. It´s better to power the sensor only for the short time when a measurement is done. I would recommend capacitive moisture sensors tho.
It´s a neat toy, alternatively a passive wicking setup would do the job as well.
Scheme pls
If possible can i get it the stl file for printing the pot..
Pls make a vedio on iron man helmet
It will cost around $124 American dollars if you use the links in the description
do we nee the 2nd module for the water level sensor? I ordered and didn't get that second part, but perhaps I can just hook up directly to analog? Thanks
too much faffing about. while this has been running it was just as qick to fill a jug and water as normail. looks clever but NOT for me…so with that. i am out.
My slicer says that it will take 23 hours to print the plant pot!!!
Love this video! My favourtie arduino project! I feel I need to try and make one for my self!
Thanks 🙂
Nice Design. But the Soil moisture sensor is kind of trash. After 2 – 3 months it will rust through and the values are no longer consistent. P.S. the Water level sensor too.
Small tips: Sharing schematic design can be helpful 🙂
very nice, ideed!
It's a very nice project. One could though do it without the pump and let the plant draw its water from the reservoir itself. There are many pots that work on this principle by having some form of gravel as a thin layer at the bottom of the pot. One only needs to monitor the water level then. The plant does the rest.
Hey, first off thank you for this great project. I just wanted to ask if you can give me a little help to include the capacity moisture sensor? Do I need a different code?
Most idiotic project ever! The middle column broke 2 times when I shoved the whole thing to the trashbin! Mission impossible!
On YouTube there's no quality content for Arduino it's all custom made videos . But you are the one making really high quality content which is self-explanatory for us. Thank you so much !
great project! what's the best orientation to print the inner pot?
Those sensors suck.
Next step: add wifi connect-ability and write an app so that you get alerts on your phone when refilling is needed ?
Good idea. How i get schematic this project.
will it be combineable with a small battery and solar cell ?
so it could be self powered or is the power demand to high ?
How can I get this pot????
dope idea man gonna go make it in solidworks for myself. not watching the whole vid tho u look creepy as fuck
Great video, but unfortunately these moisture sensors are crap and they can't be used in real live for longer period.
Hello DIY Machines, Can you update the Pump Link? Thank you!
If i was to make it battery powered would you know what battery I would need to use and what resistors it would need?
I appreciated your effort and a good job. I need a 3D printed model. Please give your positive response.
what is this powered by?
Ermmm….what about the power source of the electronic?
I would learn a lot from you!!
Can we be friends please?
THIS WAS THE beST video ever…