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Simple Soil
Moisture Sensor
A simple soil moisture
sensor, so you always know
when to water your plants.
Will suit any level of skill,
and is incredibly cheap to
make.
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SparkFun Soil
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Male/Female
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Jumper Wires
1 Buzzer
9V battery
1
(generic)
Jumper wires
4
(generic)
3 Resistor 220 ohm
1 Mini Breadboard
10 mm Heat
1
Shrink
1 9V Battery Clip
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Laser cutter
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(generic)
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Project description
This project is for a school code quest.

I have seen many projects with soil
moisture sensors, but all of them
included expensive and complicated
materials such as LCD screens or
automatic watering systems. I took it
as a challenge to create an incredibly
cheap and simple Soil Moisture Sensor.
The project is designed for people that
might not know when to water their
plants or water them too much or too
little. The Soil Moisture Sensor
distinguishes how wet the soil is, and
identifies when the soil should be
watered for you.

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This design only includes a soil

moisture sensor, a couple of LEDs and
a buzzer. The LEDs constantly show
the moisture level (Red - 0-30%, Yellow
- 30-60% and green 60%+ switch on at
those levels of moisture), and when
the moisture level falls below 10%, the
buzzer starts beeping. I designed this
for a Port Jackson Ficus Bonsai, and
have tested this extensively. The
percentages I'm using works perfectly
for me but might change depending on
your plant. If you feel like the red light
switches on way too late, when the soil
is already too dry, you can change the
Red percentage to 0-50% and Yellow to
50-80%, because that seems to also be
working well.
How it works:
It works, when electrical currents are

sent through the legs of the moisture
sensor. The sensor then calculates the
resistance it's getting. Since water
conducts electricity - the wetter the soil
is, the less resistance there should be.
It's then connected to an Analog Pin
and the Arduino can use that for the
program.
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percentages. This is called calibration.

The sensor calibrates right when the
circuit is switched on, in the Setup()
function. Therefore, it should already
be in freshly watered soil, when it is
switched on.
Here are some photos of the circuit

without the casing:
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sensor is the SparkFun moisture

sensor and requires soldering. So I got
one, that doesn't need soldering and
can just have Male to Male wires
screwed in, here .
My Pseudocode .
My Flowchart .
Casing:
The casing is a simple box, with the

LEDs coming out of the top, and the
buzzer on the side. The Soil Moisture
Sensor comes out of the side with
wires and is stuck into the soil, so it's
relatively far from all the water-
sensitive components.
Code

Soil
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Sensor
code
This was made
with Platform IO,
and therefore the
user-declared
functions are put
first.
1 int greenLight = 0;
//Defining pins
2 int yellowLight = 1;
3 int redLight = 2;
4 int piezoBuzzer = 3;
5 int maximumMoistureLevel;
//The max moisture level
and current moisture levels
will be needed for percentage
calculations
6 int
currentMoistureLevel;//Like
so: current/max*100 =
Moisture level as a
percentage
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8 void moistureDetection(){
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This was made
with Platform IO,
and therefore the
user-declared
functions are put
first.
1 int greenLight = 0;
//Defining pins
2 int yellowLight = 1;
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//The max moisture level and

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be needed for percentage
calculations
6 int
currentMoistureLevel;//Like
so: current/max*100 =
Moisture level as a
percentage
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Downloadable files
Wiring Diagram
This is the wiring diagram for the
circuitry, made with Fritzing, which
by the way now costs $12 AUD :(
Wiring Diagram
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Wiring Diagram
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Documentation
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Step By Step Instruction on
how
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Illustrated instruction manual, for

building the casing.
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Step By Step Instructi
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Illustrator
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Step By Step Instruction on

how to make the casing.
Illustrated instruction manual, for
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this is the casing model, made on
tinker cad. I don't suggest 3D printing
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This design only includes a soil

It works, when electrical currents are

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know the maximum moisture that the

percentages. This is called calibration.

Here are some photos of the circuit

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screwable pin terminal, so no soldering

sensor is the SparkFun moisture

The casing is a simple box, with the

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//The max moisture level and

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Illustrated instruction manual, for

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