Automatic Arduino based plant watering system

The watering system for my flowers is an advanced version of flotcher that I made some time ago. Very simple Arduino-based project but very effective and human-free - that's what I like. If I can create stuff that will do boring stuff instead of me that's always cool. And I will not disturb those birds while watering my tomatoes on the balcony. Just a few components, 2 hours and this project is ready, not a lot of work but a lot of satisfaction :) Let me know what you think about this project, and don't forget to subscribe, birds already did that!
Code, files: github.com/NikodemBartnik/Sma...
Here you can find links to all of the components that we need to make this project:
Arduino Pro Mini: amzn.to/3SzaBnJ
Water pump: amzn.to/498EkcT
Moisture sensor: amzn.to/3Fw1MmR
Mosfet: amzn.to/40dQEEu
Cable: amzn.to/46TyE56
DC socket: amzn.to/3MktmHh
Instagram: nikodembartnik

[@dancoulson6579]

Cool idea. I like it a lot. For me, I'd implement two additions: 1. Have a solar cell constantly charging the lead acid battery. They like to be at high charge at all times, and this removes the need for manual charging. 2. Use water from a water butt which is old rainwater. I'm trying to design a watering software to implement in future. I'm trying to make it as water efficient as possible. I'm thinking something like: intPumpTime = 5 1. Wait 120 minutes 2. Check water level. - If too low, Increase intPumpTime by 1. pump for intPumpTime. Wait 10 minutes. Goto step 2 again. - If too high, reduce intPumpTime by 1. Goto step 1 again. - If within acceptable range, goto step 1 again. I'm thinking something like this would adapt to pump the ideal amount of water based on previous results. And an important aspect not to forget is to give the water time to absorb into the soil before a recheck. If you just pump until the level is met, you could have one side of the flowerbed bogged out, and the other dry as a bone still.

[@jeffhousen8968]

that moisture sensor is great for testing, but short lived in actual use and it will poison your plants with copper oxide (copper and plants do not get along) a better choice would be the capacitive water sensors, they work even when fully sealed

[@artistdigital]

Which one do you recommend?

[@fletcherstephens2603]

cool project with an exellent finished product! i subscribed because birds said so

[@joetke]

FIVE STARS! God bless Poland! Better and better! Awesome images and great and PERFECT tutorial. A pedagogical achievement as an awesome script. I do love those close details. They're not only very clear but as far as I know you're the first youtuber around to relieve viewers' eye strain that way. Thank you so much Nikodem. You live in a cool environment indeed. That's likely inspiring your ideas ;). Mother Nature thanks you for improving your environment for sure.

[@nikodembartnik]

Thank you so much for this super positive comment. That encourages me to make more cool projects and videos! Thanks :)

[@joetke]

I noticed an almost quantum leap in your last scripts, this one as a matter of fact. Did you take advantage of someone's really good advice or likely, yourself improved the form of your posts in order to make them better and original as well? The montage is somewhat professional and require time I guess.

[@abdulrahmanismailali1064]

@@nikodembartnik can you help me in Arduino project Smart Irrigation system

[@NickB2513]

Absolutely brilliant!! This is exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you

[@jakeburrage9858]

no problem!

[@roman-alvarado-ea]

¡Muy buen proyecto!

[@gangger89]

love the birds :)

[@oskarkaptacz]

Świetny film!

[@vMATIKv]

Dzięki mordeczko za świetny kanał

[@jakeburrage9858]

same

[@cartestgroupoy2441]

Useful project 👍

[@DarrynJones]

I subscribed so I can be like the birds 😋

[@nikodembartnik]

Birds appreciate new family member :)

[@D4rthvaper]

Fajny pomysł

[@PhilR0gers]

I know this video is from 5 years ago, but there's a change that I would make. Those 2-prong moisture sensors become corroded after a fairly short time. You can now get capacitive ones which do not expose any metal to the soil so they last a lot longer.

[@szymondalagopisz7878]

How about the corrosion on the moisture sensors? Is there any? How does the system work today? Do you have any improvements?

[@nguyentuanthanh4126]

well done, can you tell me which software did you make your schematic please

[@koen9221]

Love this vid! Is 1A power supply enough?

[@bassome3000ify]

Cool :) just a note, heat shrink tube and electrical tape do not protect against water

[@nikodembartnik]

That's right but the only element that is in water is pump so we don't have to worry about that :) thanks for comment

[@imperialrecker7111]

@@nikodembartnik use conformal coating

[@rikou3934]

Hi! Can i have the exact measurement/s of the diameter of the 3d printed case? Thanks

[@ZeeshanJamal23143124324]

i don't have arduino pro mini but have arduino r3. what would be the wiring configuration?

[@johnlos1132]

You have very impressive tech skills, sir. Great video. 👍

[@nikodembartnik]

Thanks! Please don’t call me sir, I am just 19 :)

[@johnlos1132]

+Nikodem Bartnik Which makes it even more impressive, considering I'm 19, and only capable of the very basics in electronics. (with heavy use of instructions) However, by watching videos like this, I may get better. 👍

[@nikodembartnik]

Thank you, no worries there is still a lot of time to learn and a lot of great tutorials and instructions on the internet :)

[@johnlos1132]

Nikodem Bartnik Thank you for that postive comment. And here's hoping you get a million subscribers. Keep up the great work, and always follow your passion.

[@llirako10rodriguez92]

Do Arduino pro commands work on the Arduino nano?

[@akhilanil]

nice work, how do you connect 12V input to adruino ? doesn’t it damage the board since it works on a lower voltage? hope you’ll reply thanks.

[@dursamii]

hi, i have arduino nano. is it save to use 12v powersupply?.. Thanks..

[@hadisabagh7803]

Thanks for the instructional video.👏🙏🤝🇮🇷

[@creativediyboy1038]

can you use( Geekcreit® ATmega328P Nano V3 Controller Board Compatible Arduino Improved Version Module) and if it can how can you coonect it can you send my answer plz

[@chrisalexthomas]

somebody buy this man some flux for his soldering station :D

[@llaskucillaskuci9250]

hi is it possible to use your design without Blynk ? Thank You

[@ibraheemali9541]

nice content subscribed

[@TheTaylor237]

Can you leave this thing on if you are gone from home for a few days? So that your plants are getting enough water

[@ML-xk3uz]

Ahoj dá se tohle aplikovat například pro 5 snímačů vlhkosti které by měly každý své čerpadlo? Děkuju za odpověď

[@manojkumarthemk8885]

Hi , can I use the Arduino Nano instead of the Pro Mini ?

[@micha-8659]

wich one is positive for the motor? Green or Yellow?

[@DingoAteMeBaby]

relay vs mosfet?

[@rmensorado]

Is it posible to use relay?

[@tropicaldirectionunofficia6456]

Can I use with this using solar panel?

[@szymonmieszczak1728]

Thank you for nice video. Can you tell me in what kind of shop in Poland pipe and splitter to water can be found? Especially splitter. I have no idea how to ask google for it:)

[@nikodembartnik]

You can buy it in pet shop ask for aquarium equipment

[@QBarszcz]

polish people speak english to each other, beautiful :))

[@electronic7979]

Nice video

[@nikodembartnik]

Thanks!

[@feeish]

I think the bird is a Common House Martin

[@richardreyespacheco1454]

how did you upload the code to the arduino? what did you use to connect it to the computer

[@wick6296]

the power of will

[@manojkumarthemk8885]

Hi, how do i add more than one plant ?

[@magortheworst]

I have a question about your 3d printer, was it worth buying? I was considering the anycubic vyper but i’m not sure about the power usage and micro plastic floating in the air. Is it safe and worth buying?

[@luizalexandre7089]

Buy an ender 3 and you won’t regret

[@GRBtutorials]

Just one problem. I've heard that those moisture sensors oxidize and no longer give accurate readings. Plus, I've tried them and there was a lot of noise. I had to use a 100 readings mean to stabilize it, and then it was very sensitive to changes in position (just tapping it would change the readings) and drifted off rapidly. Maybe my sensor was faulty? I'll have to try it again with another one.

[@nikodembartnik]

I don’t faced the oxidation problem with my sensor so far and I used something exactly the same in my flotcher project also without any problems. It’s true that on different depths this sensor gives different measurements, that’s normal, it’s more wet down in ground then closer to the surface. I didn’t noticed drifting but just in case I implemented in my program simple solution that reads 10 reading with 10 seconds delay between each to make sure that plant really needs water and that it is not an error of sensor. Try different sensor maybe this one was faulty as you said. Thanks for comment!

[@SebastienChedalBornu]

yes this kind of moisture sensor suck at all because they are just pcb put into moist ground and the metal part dissolve. see the andreas comparison kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5XQe6ykmKmprZI

[@guillemb45]

You should activate the sensor just 1 second when taking the measurment (with an output digital pin). If you don't do that electricity will be flowing and oxidizing your sensor 24/7 and it will just last for a couple of weeks. Activating the sensor just few seconds per day will prevent that, of course it will ozidize anyway but it will take much longer.

[@machawani97]

if i want to grow 2 differents plants of course the requirements for both plants are different, so my question is, can i control 1 water pump for both plants? let say at certain time plant 1 need to be watered than plant 2, so the pump will water only plant 1 but for plant 2 not.

[@callmerel2809]

yes

[@user-pd1ye1zc9l]

Can this system work without te Mosfet Transistor?

[@awesomefacepalm]

You could maybe build a Raspberry Pi camera that records the bird nest :)

[@nikodembartnik]

Great idea! Few years ago I was thinking with my brother about something similar, we wanted to set up a camera of a bird house and let people decide what birds should eat through a website. Back then I wasn’t able to code and I didn’t know how to do something like this but right now I know so maybe I should think about that again :) Thanks for comment

[@awesomefacepalm]

Nikodem Bartnik hope you can make it 😊

[@abdulrahmanismailali1064]

@@nikodembartnik Hello Can you help me

[@abdulrahmanismailali1064]

@@nikodembartnik can you help me in my graduation project idea

[@tmosest]

I talked about making this for my grandmother but there was gonna be an additional external camera to watch for snakes and squirrels to keep them away from the eggs.

[@richardreyespacheco1454]

Can you tell me the function of the mosfet in this schematic?

[@TheMechatronicEngineer]

The schematic is wrong/incomplete. The BJT is needed to manage the pump voltage and current.

[@watersoundsmx]

Need a relay connect to mosfet ;)

[@seanvarian6832]

What is purpose of mosfet

[@yagneshpatel5934]

What happened if water in tank is empty?? Then ur water pump may burn in dry run conditions... You should embedd two project in a single project.. I. E. Smart irrigation system with automatic water level control using ultrasonic sensor.. So it gives sustainable solutions zero maintenance...

[@jakubmika6433]

Where are you from sir?

[@krystianmalicki3051]

Można prosić o reupload kodu?

[@Arjun-jm4ll]

Can I use 9volt battery instead of 12volt

[@nikodembartnik]

You would also have to find 9v pump

[@engineeringporjcet6362]

It cool

[@GauravChavan]

what is name of those birds?

[@gcinwayinkosigumbi4193]

i am doing similar project, may you please help me with prgramme

[@AkshayBharad-kv9su]

Schematic at 1:14

[@BADISHOW]

nais

[@nikodembartnik]

Thanks!

[@krakentoast]

Witamy

[@ibraheemali9541]

4:27 haha yes i would

[@RbMohGalih]

Give me the schematics bro

[@mtlmmd2480]

Body, please sell one to me lol

[@jakeburrage9858]

no

[@xakepaxakepa]

bro do you have a russian speaking channel?

[@QBarszcz]

weri gud inglisz ser

[@needlesandthorns8392]

I'm here for a science project. 7th grade, bitches!! Hell yeah!!

[@Newb1eYou_]

ur to fast