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1 Meter of Pi - Winners Announcement

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1 Meter of Pi Design Challenge

About this Challenge | Dates | The Judges | The Kit | The Prizes | Technical Resources | Example Application | Terms & Conditions | The Challengers | The Winners

 

I am happy to announce today's Winners of the 1 Meter of Pi with Raspberry Pi Design Challenge!

 

After 20+ weeks of designing, researching, prototyping, coding, and testing, with 94 Blog posts and 46 Videos created, the 1 Meter of Pi Design Challenge has come to a close. Our challengers were tasked to use the Raspberry Pi to feed their spaceship crew as it blasts through the stars, with only 1M³ of growing space available.

 

The judges have rounded up their thoughts on the projects, and selected their favorites!

 

Kit used

The Kit Buy Kit*Buy Kit*The Specs

Raspberry Pi 4 2GB

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  • 1.5GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 CPU ( ARM v8, BCM2711B0)
  • 2GB RAM (LPDDR4)
  • On-board wireless LAN - dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
  • On-board Bluetooth 5.0, low-energy (BLE)
  • 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports
  • Gigabit ethernet
  • 40-pin GPIO header
  • 2× micro-HDMI ports (up to 4Kp60 supported)
  • H.265 (4Kp60 decode)
  • H.264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
  • OpenGL ES, 3.0 graphics
  • DSI display port, CSI camera port
  • Combined 3.5mm analog audio and composite video jack
  • Micro-SD card slot
  • USB-C power
PIM487  Automation HAT Mini

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Buy NowBuy Now

  • 0.96" colour LCD (160x80)
  • 1 x 24V @ 2A relay (NC and NO terminals)
  • 3 x 12-bit ADC @ 0-24V (ADS1015) (±2% accuracy)
  • 3 x 24V tolerant buffered inputs
  • 3 x 24V tolerant sinking outputs
  • 3.5mm screw terminals
  • Pimoroni breakout-compatible pin header
  • Mini HAT-format board
  • Fully-assembled (no soldering required)
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
  • Python library
  • Dimensions: 65x30x16.8mm

PIM486Enviro HAT for Raspberry Pi

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  • BME280 temperature, pressure, humidity sensor (datasheet)
  • LTR-559 light and proximity sensor (datasheet)
  • MEMS microphone (datasheet)
  • 0.96" colour LCD (160x80)
  • Pimoroni breakout-compatible pin header
  • pHAT-format board
  • Fully-assembled
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
  • Python library
  • Dimensions: 65x30x8.5mm

PIM300PICO HAT Hacker

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  • BCM and descriptive pin labelling
  • Mounting holes (M2.5)
  • 0.8mm thick PCB
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models

 

Prizes

PrizePrize Category
1meter pi grand prize

Grand Prizes*

  • Macbook Air
  • Pimoroni Picade
  • $500 Carbon Offset
1meter pi runner upRunner up*
  • iPad 10
  • Pimoroni Picade
  • $250 Carbon Offset

1meter pi Finisher

Finisher Prize

For anyone who completes 10 Blogs and a project with the featured product.

  • Solar USB Charger Battery Bank
  • Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set

*Or local equivalent

 

 

Winners of the 1 Meter of Pi Design Challenge

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Grand Prize

feiticeir0 – Space Vegetables

 

This project integrated Twitter, timelapses, and the Raspberry Pi camera to create a very effective hydroponic setup, making this garden up as one of the most fruitful. Also, I am a sucker for a good logo image. Check out the Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/VegetablesSpace

 

So congratulations to feiticeir0 and his Space Vegetables!

 

Read Feiticeir0's Blogs here
1 Meter of Pi

 

 

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Runner Up

milosrasic98  – Robot Assisted Garden AKA R.A.G

 

This was an amazing multidisciplinary project for one person to create, featuring a Nanny robot arm to tend to the plants within the enclosure, with 3D printed parts, Interchangeable tooling, a watering robot, all controlled elegantly within on GUI, powered by Pi! Milos never got to grow any plants in his garden, but the amount of work he did in such a short amount of time has been mindblowing.

 

Milos also included many sketches and designs for features he will continue to work on, expanding the project as time goes by.

 

Read Milos's Blogs here

1 Meter of Pi

 

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Finishers

 

These projects won't be winning the top spot prizes, but we loved their work so much that we wanted to publicize their amazing efforts.

 

amgalbu - Project Gr0G

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/amgalbu

This build had room for plants on all surfaces, was self contained, had a great enclosure, along with a high pressure spray system.

Great environmental monitoring was built in, with a local access panel and a BLE Interface for controlling the pumps. It also unfolds easily for servicing.

If I had one more slot for a winner, this certainly would have been it!

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gam3t3ch - Valley Forge Project Paperiniki

Valley Forge: Project Paperinik  #1 (Welcome)

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Wesleys fully working garden uses watering hoses, optimized grow LEDs for a very effective grow. Wes also used off the shelf conduit and individually 3D printed connectors and joints.

On top of the initial build, this project comes with hours of engaging video and a real close up look at the ins and outs of this project. One thing we really liked is that along with the relay systems Wesley also included fusing to manage any over current issues. Wesley used Tarrarium Pi as the dashboard for this Raspberry Pi Powered system. He fought through leaks and other bugs to produce a wonderful project which really did fruit!

 

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ilvyanyatka – Mushrooms Paradise

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/ilvyanyatka

A paradise for mushrooms! Utilizing an automated light, humidifier, and a set of fans, with online reporting using ThingSpeak.

 

All built within a pre-made insulated enclosure (a repurposed refrigerator, so a nice addition of upcycling to the project!).

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jduchniewicz – Envidrawer

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/jduchniewicz

An under bed grow solution, built to take advantage of wasted space under the bed. The drawer remains closed until required, and open itself using motors during the day time to maximize light usage. I did have concerns about … quite literally.. wetting the bed. But it also had good basic environmental monitoring. There was also novel use of distance sensors that are often used in 3D printers. Although I am not entirely sure the total volume is under 1m3, the drawer is shallow enough to be given benefit of the doubt with this space saving project.

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kurama007 – 2Pi Microgravity Garden

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/kurama007

A smart and effective hydroponic setup with some really nice features! Satoshi worked to tackle Self Pollinating Plants, Bug catching (sarracenia), and a closed loop water system, as well as gifting their garden with AI computer vision using Tensor Flow. This project has already featured in another Design Challenge, but the natural improvement and continuation of it has earned it a position as a Finisher.

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hugohu 

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/raspberrypitechguy

 

Hugo has built a simple but effective garden with Timed lighting and Watering features. I do worry that the LEDs chosen will not give the best results when growing plants, and that it is ... fairly tall in relation to the challenge brief. But it does feature all the fundamentals for life, and uses the components provided, so well done!

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rockcacti – The Space Salad System

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/rockcacti

Anthony set up an closure, lighting, monitoring, and was even successful enough to grow radishes and lettuce in his garden. He also detailed issues and fixes when working with two competing Raspberry Pi HATs.

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Anthony's Lettuce!

 

skruglewicz - EAS

Edible Algae System - (Growing Spirulina in space)

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/skruglewicz

A fantastic and data-led project, this is the first of the challenge projects to grow Spirulina instead of leafy plants. I really think this is the future of foods!

This project might not be as visually rich as some of the others in the challenge, but the data and work speak for themselves!

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stevotech - Modular water distribution system.

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/stevotech

Ian created a wonderful mechanism that pressurizes and atomizes the water source in the bottom of the container; this system then equally distributes water across the multiple levels of the grow enclosure.

A new a novel method of watering, which I found very exciting!

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embeddedguy

https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/authors/ujjwalrathod00700

Ujjval used MQTT and an ESP8266 to make their sensors wireless and created the grow enclosure with controlled RGB grow lights.

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  • hugohu
    hugohu over 2 years ago +7
    CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS! Excellent projects! (yay I'm the first one here) (Oh wait dan beat me ) This contest was super fun and challenging! (The lights, were, probably not the best choice, but it was…
  • feiticeir0
    feiticeir0 over 2 years ago +7
    Uau ! I was not expecting that ! There are a lot of awesome projects here, and I did had fun and learn a lot by reading them, and people really did had a lot of work ! I must say it has been a lot of fun…
  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 2 years ago +6
    Congratulations to all!
  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz over 2 years ago in reply to jduchniewicz

    Same for me too. e14phil Can you please check this out. I’d like badges. Thanks in advance... SteveK

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    milosrasic98 over 2 years ago in reply to feiticeir0

    Same here!

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    feiticeir0 over 2 years ago in reply to jduchniewicz

    I have the same "problem". Those badges are not in my profile ! image

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    jduchniewicz over 2 years ago

    Hi, sorry for bumping the post but I realized I do not have the 10 post badge and a finisher badge which I can put on display on my profile image Is it possible to fix that danzima?

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  • danzima
    danzima over 2 years ago in reply to skruglewicz

    Why do I think that my office droid would become self aware and decide it was meant for more than just the office work I wanted it to do??

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    skruglewicz over 2 years ago in reply to danzima

    That's a bummer danzima

     

    Thanks for keeping us informed. You need a Droid to go into the office for you :> Then you could truly "work from home"

     

    These are crazy Times... I'm fortunate to be retired and able to take advantage of being away from the rat race!!

    Hope things clear up soon for you at the office. Stay safe... relax and enjoy the time out of the office.

     

    Steve K

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  • gam3t3ch
    gam3t3ch over 2 years ago in reply to danzima

    Hey stay safe! Thats number one!   hope all is well with whoever tested positive and they can get back at it soon enough as well. 

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    danzima over 2 years ago

    A quick public service announcement to all those who have earned prizes in this challenge: unfortunately shipping will be delayed, as our office has had a confirmed COVID case of a person who was present on our floor this week, so we are being asked not to return until after a cleaning crew finishes and there has been some time with the office left empty. As soon as I can safely return, shipping will go on!

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    skruglewicz over 2 years ago in reply to danzima

    I was just wondering. No problem... Thanks for letting us know. Hope your doing ok during these crazy times.... Steve K

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    danzima over 2 years ago in reply to skruglewicz

    Hi Stephen! I am going to be sending those finisher prizes this week. I'm only able to go to the office once per week, and we had a few challenges finish around the same time, with items to order and ship for them, so that's put me somewhat behind. Sorry for the delay!

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