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Tell me, please, I plan to make an automated control (no matter how funny the kitchen garden sounds) because I live very far away and I don't want to go every weekend. ie
- soil moisture sensor
- humidity sensor
- automatic watering is not based on a timer, but on the soil moisture.
Can you tell me what kind of board you can use? and the controllers? It is planned to control via wifi (or something else, but only without wires) I plan to program in delphi or Java, I'm just learning C#. Preferably inexpensive parts if you can advise. Who has any suggestions? I've never done this before. worked with microcontrollers, etc. Sorry for the incompetence.
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Are you going to cultivate the plantation?) Sensors for humidity, temperature, and other electronics can be found at Chinese flea markets, such as http://dx.com
For the controller, take the arduino mega, because its connectors should be enough for almost everything.
Omron! There is such a company, although it is expensive, but programming their microcontrollers is similar to building electrical networks(in their special program ess-but, CX-Programmer like or CX-One)
If the irrigation control is automatic, then Atmel+Humidity sensor+irrigation switch-on actuator. If the control is on-line, then a garden PC with a GPRS modem is added, a program for collecting sensor readings in the garden with sending data to the operator, a control program on a remote PC, communication between them can be organized using socket technology. To ensure that the control is resistant to weather conditions, it is better to organize data transfer between the PC and the controller in the garden by bluetooth (bluegiga, HC-07 ...). In general, this is a complex project. And you need to study all its components.
The most imho simple way is to buy the necessary sensors for an Android phone, write a Java program for the phone via a special API and voila.