In combining my interest in gardening, sustainable agriculture, and my talents in programming/electronics I've implemented the Spark Core as a hobby project to monitor the following environmental variables around a plant:
- Air temperature
- Soil temperature
- Humidity
- Soil moisture
- Light
The core publishes this data to the spark cloud which relays it to a NodeJS server via a webhook. The server stores the data in MongoDB and provides a web interface via Jade/AngularJS/RevealJS to view live data via Server-Sent Events as well as plots of historical data via n3-line charts.
Future plans include:
- Visualized live data on web page
- Solar powered
- Automated / web triggered watering
- Design pretty / weatherproof enclosure
Updates on my blog at: http://serdmanczyk.github.io/gardenspark
Live Server: http://gardenspark-evargreen.rhcloud.com/
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