Antoni Raj
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Automated Watering of Potted Plants with Intel Edison

Automated watering of potted plants with Intel Edison... A Moisture Sensor detects the low moisture content of soil and activates pump.

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Automated Watering of Potted Plants with Intel Edison

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Grove Starter Kit for LaunchPad
Seeed Studio Grove Starter Kit for LaunchPad
×1
TIP 122 Transistor
×1
IN 4007 Diode
×1
6 volts Mini water pump
×1
6 volts adapter suitable for the water pump
×1
About 10 feet of 1/4 " size flexible plastic pipe
×1
"T" connectors
×3
"L" connectors
×2

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Wire cutter
Multi-meter
Screw driver set
Wire stripper
Hacksaw Blade
Craft knife
Marking pen
Measuring scale

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Antoni Raj

Antoni Raj

3 projects • 7 followers
Retired Civil Engineer spending my spare time building projects

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