We’ve selected our first winner in our Solar Power Your Project Contest. Logan is building an automated garden powered by an Arduino.
The system is designed to sense water level moisture. When water level moisture is too low, the system will open a valve on the rain barrel and water the soil. For extra credit, the Arduino will transmit information on moisture level and rain barrel levels back to Logan’s computer. Voltaic’s V15 battery in “always on” mode will power the Arduino and valve as needed. Our 6 Watt panel will keep the V15 charged.
We can’t wait to see pictures and results. For more in automated gardening, see the Growerbot by Luke Iseman, one of the first to use Arduinos for gardening. If you have a technical project using an Arduino, microcontroller, or sensor, enter into our Solar Power Your Project Contest.
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