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Arduino Controlled Greenhouse!

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Hi everyone, while surfing the nets I came across this website (which I think is absolutly wonderful by the way) and I just decided to post one of my project ideas and see if anyone has any input.

 

Im (attempting) to build an arduino controlled greenhouse (Garduino?).  Right now I am just starting out with a basic temperature sensor ( a TC74A0 running throug an I2C bus) and a humidity sensor (its a capacitance humidity sensor, wired up to an astable 555 chip circut).  In the future I am hoping to add relays that control heating elements of some sort, lights, and a humidifier, all of these would be adjusted with what the Arduino is getting from its sensors.

 

In the future I am planning to add a PH sensor, and soil dampness sensor.

 

So what do you guys think? Any suggestions for me?

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  • Sorry to bring up a somewhat dead thread, but google brings it up often for me... I made something along those lines that used temperature and humidity data to control relays as well as different timers. It used an arduino and connected computer system (I was also running motion security cameras on same server...).

     

    All the sources are available at:  https://github.com/pleasuretek/openGreenHouse  . I am currently upgrading the project to the beaglebone, all sensor logging is put into a postgres database and the relays are controlled using gpio. Check out the version for arduino though, I feel like I took it as far as it could go ( I had started a version with RTC, and ethernet shield and sd card (csv data logging, and relay state machine)).

     

    I am big into open sourcing the project, as I grow microgreens in greenhouses, and if we could record all of the environment data and feeding data, anyone could take the seeds and grow healthy food anywhere in the world, as long as they replicate the environment. Open source cropware (symbiosis of software, hardware, genetics, and community)

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  • Sorry to bring up a somewhat dead thread, but google brings it up often for me... I made something along those lines that used temperature and humidity data to control relays as well as different timers. It used an arduino and connected computer system (I was also running motion security cameras on same server...).

     

    All the sources are available at:  https://github.com/pleasuretek/openGreenHouse  . I am currently upgrading the project to the beaglebone, all sensor logging is put into a postgres database and the relays are controlled using gpio. Check out the version for arduino though, I feel like I took it as far as it could go ( I had started a version with RTC, and ethernet shield and sd card (csv data logging, and relay state machine)).

     

    I am big into open sourcing the project, as I grow microgreens in greenhouses, and if we could record all of the environment data and feeding data, anyone could take the seeds and grow healthy food anywhere in the world, as long as they replicate the environment. Open source cropware (symbiosis of software, hardware, genetics, and community)

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