Arduino 101 environment monitor.
It uses affordable, off the shelf, sensors and hardware to monitor light quality and other metrics for indoor agriculture in a handheld and bluetooth package. By doing this one can optimize their production with less electricity and resources.
It does this by detecting particular wavelenghts of light, as well as soil humidity and temperature.
These wavelengths are critical in photosynthesis,
UV is important for other chemical reactions in various plants.
Detecting these subtleties is almost impossible with the naked eye. More expensive quantum sensors offer better resolution, but for a high pricepoint. The ioTank101 provides similar functionality in a more affordable and open package. Not to mention an open platform to hook up a quantum sensor if you choose.
This was written for the Hackster.io 2017 Co-Making the Future competition.
Code includes Arduino Firmware, Android BLE app, and Fritzing/Gerber shield PCB.
1 Arduino 101
1 APDS-9960 breakout
1 GY-ML8511 breakout
1 Funduino soil mositure sensor
1 10k Thermistor
1 10k Resistor
Produce the PCB using provided Fritzing/Gerber files and place breakouts as labeled on PCB.
Find a way to calculate aprox PAR/PUR, find an affordable deep red (600-700nm) sensor, upgrade UV sensor to Vishay VEML6075, add apogee quantum sensor (e-mailed them for this, should be possible with their 0-5v model), field test and re-iterate after end-user feedback.
This was all written in June 2017 by John Spounias for OBJECT SYNDICATE LLC.
Released under the GPLv3 license.