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  • Date Created: 5 Sep 2015 3:04 AM Date Created
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shanesissons
shanesissons
5 Sep 2015

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Short video above of testing the watering system

A small 200l/h pump connected to a hose with 0.5mm diameter holes along its length when the hose is pulled straight the holes all point directly down

 

Also I have started working on the final build

I took everything apart and I am building it back up adding all the small parts as I go

 

Everything has now arrived apart from the seeds

 

Bad news

Due to limited funds available for this I might have to hand turn the planters every day as there the motors I have purchased are not suitable as I have now found out and I am unable to purchase the driver board and motor I need at this time

 

Also

If anybody has some time available to give me a hand with the programming I would appreciate the help as I previously mentioned I've completely forgotten how to or if the could point me in the right direction of a crash course

 

Will have more videos to come of the unit as I continue to build it back up from an empty frame I am currently installing mounts for the boards and adding waterproofing for water drainage and my one of a kind method of connecting the moisture sensors to the board let's just say its not something you would see everyday but does the job

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  • shanesissons
    shanesissons over 10 years ago in reply to RWReynolds +1
    I got the code working sort of it will rotate one direction but can't rotate the other way tried messing with the steps in the code and didn't get anywhere My issue is that I basically can't write the…
  • DAB
    DAB over 10 years ago

    You should not have any problems with moving the plants by hand.

     

    The only real advantage for an automated system is if you plan to leave it unattended or remote controlled.

     

    We typically only move our plants about once a week on our enclosed porch.  The plants seem to thrive just fine.

     

    DAB

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    shanesissons over 10 years ago in reply to m.ratcliffe

    It's the silicon labs programming I'm afraid thanks for the offer

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    m.ratcliffe over 10 years ago

    Hi Shane,

    What MCU do you want help with coding, I could lend a hand if it is arduino but I wont be much use with the Wireless starter kit programming.

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