Plants on Mars - Build an automatic plant watering system

You will be able to explore technology used in space through the Arduino tool, by building an automatic watering system that measures soil humidity and waters a plant accordingly. The basics of programming in C++ will be introduced using the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software.

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Keywords: Arduino, Sensor, Servo, Code, Mars, Plants, Automate

 

Material:

• A computer
• An Arduino Uno
• A breadboard
• Circuit cables (male-male and male-female)
• A micro servo motor
• A humidity sensor
• A bottle
• Blu tack
• Cable ties
• Watering tube and water supply
• A bucket
• A potted plant (or soil)