My first solo bot
Before i start let me just say please excuse the really crappy name lol i made this account 3 years ago.
This is my first robot (i have built the SHR (3 years ago :/) but i followed the instructions to the letter and haven't made any changes so was no point in posting :)). basically i've just broken up from college and had nothing to do then i remembered a project i was going to do a while ago where moisture in soil was monitored and when it became dry a servo would be triggered to release water when there was enough water the servo would shut off the water :) well i did some research, came back to this website and discovered arduino. i then found i understood arduino code better than PIC so i ordered the stuff two days ago and wrote the program for my device last night. after receiving the parts this morning i quickly set about getting everything connected and uploaded my code. to my amazement it actually worked (a few kinks here and there but it worked) i got it to do almost exactly what i wanted it to first time (the code is so simple in comparison to what most of you guys do but its my first time writing my own code) :)
monitors soil moisture level and waters when needed
- Actuators / output devices: one servo
- Control method: fully autonomous
- CPU: ATmega328P-PU
- Power source: 2 AA batteries
- Programming language: Arduino ide
- Sensors / input devices: simple switch
- Target environment: Indoor or outdoor