See More Rays

Helping plants see the light.

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See More Rays

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Seeed - Grove - Moisture Sensor
×1
Grove - Light Sensor
Seeed Studio Grove - Light Sensor
×1
Grove Starter Kit for LaunchPad
Seeed Studio Grove Starter Kit for LaunchPad
×1
Seeed- Grove Base Booster Pack
×1
EK-TM4C123GXL TM4C Tiva LaunchPad
Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL TM4C Tiva LaunchPad
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×1
High Brightness LED, White
High Brightness LED, White
×1

Software apps and online services

Energia
Texas Instruments Energia
Tinkercad
Autodesk Tinkercad

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

Box

CAD file to 3D print box

Schematics

Main circuitry

Grove modules

The Grove light sensor and moisture sensor modules were connected to a Booster Pack that was then connected to the Launchpad. However, Fritzing doesn't support the Booster Pack, so this schematic is just of the Grove modules we used.

Code

ledBlink

C/C++
Main code to change respective LED according to light/moisture level
// ledBlink - main code for See More Rays

// Define pin numbers for each LED
// 1 is moisture (LED farther from launchpad)
// 2 is light (LED close to launchpad)

// Red is too low, green is optimal

// Define pins
#define RED1 17 
#define GREEN1 15 
#define BLUE1 14 

#define RED2 19 
#define GREEN2 18 
#define BLUE2 11 

// Grove module pins
int sensorPinMoisture = 23; //J5
int sensorPinLight = 26; //J8
int sensorValueMoisture = 0;
int sensorValueLight = 0;


void setup() {
 // Initialization for LEDs
 pinMode(RED1, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(GREEN1, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(BLUE1, OUTPUT);

 pinMode(RED2, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(GREEN2, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(BLUE2, OUTPUT);
 
 digitalWrite(RED1, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(GREEN1, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(BLUE1, HIGH);

 digitalWrite(RED2, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(GREEN2, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(BLUE2, HIGH);
}


void loop() {  
  // Get readings
  sensorValueMoisture = analogRead(sensorPinMoisture);
  sensorValueLight = analogRead(sensorPinLight);

  // Check moisture
  if(sensorValueMoisture < 1620) {
   // Turn on Red1
   digitalWrite(RED1, LOW);
   digitalWrite(GREEN1, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(BLUE1, HIGH);
  } else {
   // Turn on Green1
   digitalWrite(RED1, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(GREEN1, LOW);
   digitalWrite(BLUE1, HIGH);
  }
  
  // Check light
  if(sensorValueLight < 2000) {
    // Turn on Red2
   digitalWrite(RED2, LOW);
   digitalWrite(GREEN2, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(BLUE2, HIGH);
  } else {
    // Turn on Green2
   digitalWrite(RED2, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(GREEN2, LOW);
   digitalWrite(BLUE2, HIGH);
  }
   delay(500);
   
}

Credits

Timothy Goh

Timothy Goh

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Seung Hun Jang

Seung Hun Jang

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Namita Davey

Namita Davey

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Colin King

Colin King

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David Yi

David Yi

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