PlantCtrl/README.md

PlantCtrl

The following problems shall be solved with this project:

• Solar Powered
• Low Powered
• Plant monitoring
• Plant watering
• IoT

Hardware

Open hardware design (powered by KiCAD). The complete PCB is stored in the board sub directory.

There the following components are connected:

• ESP32 16MB flash required
• Lipo monitoring (DS2438)
• 7 moist sensors
• 7 pump
• DC-DC convert (generating voltage from Lipo for pumps)
• DS18B20 temperature sensors
• water level via laser distance sensor (VL53L0X)
• DS2438 battery monitor
• general purpose expansion pins

Software

The firmware for the controller is stored in esp32 sub directory.