John Augustino Spounias
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IoTank-101

Affordable light quality/indoor environment shield. BLE support. Arduino-101. Designed for the 2017 Co-Making the Future competition.

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IoTank-101

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino 101
Arduino 101
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SparkFun APDS-9960
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GY-ML8511
Generic GY-ML8511 is different from SparkFun, I used the generic one available on Alibaba. The SparkFun sensor should still work if you flip it around.
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Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
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SparkFun Soil Moisture
You probably want to put the upper half of the sensor in some resin/epoxy and use a waterproof lead.
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10k thermistor
Any generic thermistor, I use Cantherm thermistors from DigiKey
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Software apps and online services

Fritzing
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Android Studio
Android Studio

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Schematics

Fritzing Files

Code

ioTank-101

Use Fritzing/Gerber PCB files to produce PC board. Assemble components as shown on PCB. Flash firmware to arduino-101 using Arduino IDE. Compile Bluetooth LE Android app with Android Studio 3.0. (you can also use any BLE app to discover and read the JSON data)

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John Augustino Spounias

John Augustino Spounias

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Full stack IoT developer

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