Humidity, soil moisture, and light monitoring app for house plants with database for quantitative insight for specific plant species.
This project primarly utilizes raspberry pi, python, Django, and sensors from Adafruit for the purpose of demystifying phrases like: "low light", "bright indirect light", and "moist but not soggy soil". It can be difficult to care for plants and the vague instructions can mean different things to different people. I'm hoping that with this project I can provide solid data to allow more people to enjoy their houseplant by removing the omnipresent concern of "Was that too much water? ... I'll just give another splash to be sure..." Over the course of a few months each, I'll record data daily on a variety of plants with a notes section to provide illustrations of progress through that time.
- Python - version 3.8.1
- Django - version 3.0.3
- Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, Quad Core 64 Bit
Courtesy of Adafruit:
- DHT 22 - Humidity and Temp Sensor
- TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensor
- STEMMA Soil Sensor
How to install / setup your local environement / add link to demo version.
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To-do list: * *
Project is: _in progress
Being new to programming, I've been having a blast learning new tools and I thought this would be a great start because it combines all my favorite things. I hope to set this up so that it can be easily reproduced by others so that more data can be collected on a wide range of plants.
My email is baileymbeck@gmail - feel free to contact me!