Improving the moisture model – the final phase
Back from this post http://r2079.com/2020/03/17/telnyx-api-p-sms-and-aws-iot-saves-my-plants-every-single-time/, I did see that using Telnyx and Aws MQTT did indicate the moisture. All good, so why drag this topic ?
Links reference :
https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32 – microcontroller used in the project
https://vruzend.com/ – lithium ion 18650 batteries
https://micropython.org/ – micropython
http://telnyx.com/ – Telecom provider
https://aws.amazon.com/ – Cloud provider
Well, there are multiple aspects to the design itself
- The system always required usb external power – batteries well dint last long
- The system always required to be internal or inside home – reason it wasnt weather resistant
- Costly [ Mqtt Push and and if plant dried out, it would make Telnyx API send me a lot of messages which in turn is a cost ]
- I never wanted a 24×7 system, I wanted something which comes online once per day and then sort of sleeps for rest of the day
- Wanted to use micropython, python programming language is something I always found easy on beginners like me, where as C and CPP are difficult in my opinion.
- I wanted something small and less or Continue reading
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