Hi guys,

I have found a few units that are basically what I want to build, but each one has specific limitations that our collaboration would solve.

My favorite is the "Parrot Flower Power" sensor : http://global.parrot.com/au/products/flower-power/

This unit records light period, soil moisture and temperature and saves the data on a timeline you can use to observe long term trends.

The drawback is that the device is not WiFi enabled and only communicates via short range Bluetooth, which means the user has to manually sync the data to their smartphone while standing next to it, and you are unable to monitor your garden remotely.

My second favorite unit is the 'Edyn' garden sensor: https://edyn.com/

This sensor also records light intensity, soil moisture and temperature, and it does connect via Wi-Fi.

It does not save historical data so there is no way to obverve long term trends, and the app is so slow and buggy that it is crippling sales.

My goal is to get both units and we can hack them and see if we can just use their technology to prove the concept and get some test data - unfortunately these units aren't being sold in local stores and I won't be able to obtain them until the end of the month.

I am trying to find some digital sensors to play with but perhaps tomorrow should be more of a brainstorming session. What are your thoughts?

-Mario

On Jun 19, 2017 08:26, "Jorrit Poelen" <jhpoelen@xs4all.nl> wrote:

I just saw Mario's message to the mesh mailing list

@mario - apologies for the delay! It turned out your message got stuck in a review queue, probably because your are/were not part of the mailing list.

Hopefully we can chat a little more about this project at tomorrows meetings.... here's a rough sketch of a network diagram https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-ping-pong/blob/master/images/disaster-plant.dot.png we put together last week.

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Hello all,

My name is Mario and I represent a plant biology group at Counter Culture Labs at the Omni Commons.

At the June 13 sudoroom meeting, we proposed a collaboration to build a 'garden widget' using the disaster radio technology with which you have been experimenting. Our hope is that you can use this collaboration to build a robust field test for the technology and we can benefit from your expertise.

An example of a closely related existing technology is the EDEN system, https://edyn.com, which uses soil moisture and an Internet connection to control irrigation. We would like to give home gardeners access to an automatic garden environment log that would include specifically light intensity and period, and temperature and moisture measurement for air and soil.

Please contact me if you have any questions, we plan to have a prototype hack night Tuesday June 20th at the 8pm sudoroom meeting at the Omni Commons if you are interested in learning more and/or participating in the project.

-Mario