Build An Automatic Plant Watering System On The Cheap
Build an automatic plant watering system on the cheap using Arduino Uno. via instructables
I had this idea and I realised after that other people had too but thought I’d knock something up from parts I had. I was initially planning this as a how to build it for £5 but in all reality i think this probably comes under that quite easily without any major concessions. I took a photo of the parts I was planning to use but then I decided I would go the prototype route with no soldering so used a breadboard and the appropriate connectors. I don’t do this enough really and it saves faf later on by not having to resolder things. I got this up and running really quickly which i was happy with.
I’ve put a small video showing the design in a little more detail which is included.
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