Tom meets Arduino board
I’ve begun the process of building the circuit for the sensors I will use in my project. I’m using an Arduino board for a number of reasons.
I’m going to need to buy a number of sensors for measuring moisture and temperature. These sensors can talk to arduino connected through a breadboard through a number of analogue and digital outputs. By measuring the levels of moisture in the soil of my organic object and the temperature of the surrounding environment I can then programme software to make my project react accordingly to the needs of the lifeform. So if the moisture level in the soil drops below a certain number the arduino board could turn on an irrigation system to provide water. In the same way if the temperature dropped or raised to a certain level the arduino board could then alter the state of the light source through rules programmed through the software.
As this is the first time I’ve used an Arduino board I’ve been working through the generic ‘getting started’ tutorials and managed to not only got a red LED blinking but also get the rate of the blinking controlled by a potentiometer..great stuff:
Now I need to go shopping for the rest of the components needed for the hardware side of my project. I will need to purchase a breadboard to act as a middle ground connection hub between the component sensors and the arduino board. I will also need to purchase the sensors themselves like the moisture sensor below:
