Soil Monitor

IoT Crop Hydration

 

Creators

Kenneth Ge

Anthony Ge

Mihir Patil

 

Submitted to:

h2hacks Save the World 2019

 

Inspiration

40% of water is wasted on crop irrigation

 

What it does

Monitors soil moisture, and displays data on a UI

 

How they built it

Raspberry PI and Arduino

 

Challenges they ran into

Optimal UI design, how to accurately measure diffusion of water.

 

Accomplishments they are proud of

Custom Algorithm

 

What they learned

How water moves through soil

 

What’s next?

Using radios and making setup easier

Built with:

  • Arduino

  • influxdb

  • node.js

  • rasberry pi

Try it out:

https://github.com/zbot473/h2hacks19

Devpost Link:

https://devpost.com/software/soil-monitor-4kdpmz

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