Paul Langdon
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Classroom Greenhouse with Blynk

An easy to user experiment toolkit for the classroom to measure temperature and humidity and observe from your smartphone.

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Classroom Greenhouse with Blynk

Things used in this project

Hardware components

SparkFun Blynk Board - ESP8266
SparkFun Blynk Board - ESP8266
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Software apps and online services

Blynk
Blynk

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Socker Greenhouse

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Schematics

Wiring Diagram

Diagram for wiring Blynk and Fan

Code

Blynk Code

C/C++
#define DEBUG // Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
#include "SparkFunHTU21D.h"

////////////////////
// Blynk Settings //
////////////////////
char BlynkAuth[] = "yourBlynkAuthCodeHere";
char WiFiNetwork[] = "yourSSID";
char WiFiPassword[] = "yourWiFiPassword";
char emailAddress[] = "yourEmail@server";

///////////////////////
// Hardware Settings //
///////////////////////
#define FAN_PIN 5
HTU21D thSense;

// Virtual pins
#define TEMP V9
#define HUMID V10
#define TEMP_LIMIT V12
#define FAN_ON V13



// Globals
uint32_t lastPush = 0;
float tempF = 0;
float humidity = 0;
int tempLimit = 90;
boolean fanOn = false;
boolean tempAlertSent = false;

BLYNK_READ(TEMP) {
  Blynk.virtualWrite(TEMP, tempF); // Update Blynk virtual value
}

BLYNK_READ(HUMID) {
  Blynk.virtualWrite(HUMID, humidity); // Update Blynk virtual value
}


BLYNK_READ(FAN_ON) {
  Blynk.virtualWrite(FAN, fanOn); // Update Blynk virtual value
}



void setup()
{
  // Initialize hardware
#ifdef DEBUG
  Serial.begin(9600); // Serial for debugging
#endif
  rgb.begin(); // RGB LED
  pinMode(FAN_PIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(FAN_PIN, LOW);
  thSense.begin();
  // Initialize Blynk
  Blynk.begin(BlynkAuth, WiFiNetwork, WiFiPassword);
}

void loop()
{
  // Execute Blynk.run() as often as possible during the loop
  Blynk.run();
  float tempC = thSense.readTemperature(); // Read from the temperature sensor
  tempF = tempC * 9.0 / 5.0 + 32.0; // Convert to farenheit
  humidity = thSense.readHumidity(); // Read from humidity sensor

  // See if we need to send an email alert re: high temp
  if (tempF > tempLimit) {
    if (tempAlertSent == false) { // only send if we haven't already
      Blynk.email(emailAddress, "High temperature.", "Temperature is above your chosen threshold." + tempF + "F");
      tempAlertSent = true;
      digitalWrite(FAN_PIN, HIGH); //Turn On Fan
      fanOn = true;
    }
  }
  else {
    tempAlertSent = false; // reset the alert flag if the temp has been sent
    digitalWrite(FAN_PIN, LOW); //Turn Off Fan
    fanOn = false;
  }


  // Force a push if we haven't had one for a minute
  if (millis() - lastPush > 60000 || millis() < lastPush) {
    lastPush = millis();
    Blynk.virtualWrite(TEMP, tempF); // Update Blynk virtual value
    Blynk.virtualWrite(HUMID, humidity); // Update Blynk virtual value
  }

  // For debugging:
#ifdef DEBUG
  Serial.print(" humidity: ");
  Serial.print(humidity);
  Serial.print(" temp: ");
  Serial.print(tempF);
  Serial.print(" tempAlertSent: ");
  Serial.println(tempAlertSent ? "Yes" : "No ");
  Serial.print(" fanOn: ");
  Serial.println(fanOn ? "Yes" : "No ");
  
#endif
}

Credits

Paul Langdon

Paul Langdon

49 projects • 317 followers
Working as a cloud architect for an IoT hardware company

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