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  • Author Author: Racingtogreen
  • Date Created: 11 May 2023 8:03 PM Date Created
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Off Grid Arduino IOT cloud monitored raised bed garden

Racingtogreen
Racingtogreen
11 May 2023

Arduino Cloud Controlled SmartGarden

Arduino Cloud controlled and monitored Smart irrigation garden charged with a 100 watt solar panel, and powered with a home built, 12v, lithium Ion, 3s2p, 18650 battery.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

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Arduino Oplà IoT Kit
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normally closed 3/4 solenoid valve
× 1
DROK Adjustable Buck Converter Step Down Voltage Regulator 6V-32V
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voltage sensor
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waterproof enclosure
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Arduino IoT Cloud
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Arduino Web Editor
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Extension for Arduino

Story

It's been in the plans to build a raised bed garden as part of our green projects to go along with our off grid solar systems for our Art Studio and Tool shed, which are powered by 1800 watts of solar.

I rediscovered Arduino when researching solar trackers after not using arduinos for the last 10 years. I had previously build a tracked, autonomous driving robot.

I got on the Arduino.cc site and noticed there were devices for this type of project, and ended up purchasing the IOT explorer kit, which is nearly identical to the Opla kit.

I researched powering a pump for the two rain barrels we are using to water the garden, and found that with a bit of gravity, I could just feed the water with a solenoid valve, controlled by the arduino IOT carrier's 24v relay, and triggered by a soil moisture sensor.

Once I got that working, I started working on the solar powering, and built a 3s2p 12v battery, from recycled 18650 modem batteries from Jag35.com and dropped the voltage with a Drok DC to DC buck stepdown converter. I also have a small board, MPPT solar charge controller charging the battery from the 100 watt solar panel. I wanted to know the voltage of both the battery, and the USB inputs, so I implemented the code, and added a small voltage sensor for the battery.


I mounted all of this into a 6" x 6" waterproof box mounted under the solar panel. It did get hot inside with the electronics, so I added a small 12v fan, triggered by the internal temp, and powered through the other IOT carrier relay.

I added all of this to the Arduino Cloud, and now have a working system, that is automated, but also has manual trigger buttons for both the solenoid valve and the fan.

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It's all documented on my RacingtoGreen youtube channel along with my other solar projects.

https://youtu.be/CDBo-zTfXoM

And in my hackster.io project, including my code links:

https://www.hackster.io/racingtogreen/arduino-cloud-controlled-smartgarden-995051

link to the Thingiverse 3d prints for the soil moisture sensor case and cap.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3625073

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