1.7 Plant Monitor

This is a smart watering system, it will detect the current temperature and humidity of the environment and show them on the SunFounder Controller. When you press the pump button on the APP, it will replenish water for the plants. When it reaches a certain position (detected by water level sensor), it will stop pumping automatically.

1. Build the circuit.

   

2. Create a new controller, add the following widgets and change their names.

   

3. Run 1.7_ws_plant_monitor.py.

   Note

   • Open the 1.7_ws_plant_monitor.py file under the path of euler-kit/esp8266.

   • Don’t forget to click on the “MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico)” interpreter in the bottom right corner.

   • For detailed tutorials, please refer to Open and Run Code Directly.

4. Each time you rerun the code, you need to connect your device’s Wi-Fi to my_esp8266, then turn on SunFounder Controller and reconnect.

5. After clicking the Run/Stop button in the upper right corner. You will see the current temperature, humidity and water level value on the SunFounder controller. When you press the pump button on the APP, it will replenish water for the plants.

Note

• If the motor is still spinning after you click the Stop button, you need to reset the RUN pin on the Pico with a wire to GND at this time, and then unplug this wire to run the code again.

• This is because the motor is operating with too much current, which may cause the Pico to disconnect from the computer.

How it works?

def on_receive(data):

    # input
    # show dht11 message
    try:
        sensor.measure()
        value = sensor.temperature
        ws.send_dict['G'] = value
        value = sensor.humidity
        ws.send_dict['H'] = value
    except:
        pass

    # show water level sensor message
    value = water_sensor.read_u16()
    ws.send_dict['P'] = value

    # output
    # start pumping
    if 'M' in data.keys() and data['M'] is True and value<15000:
        motor1A.high()
        motor2A.low()

    # stop pumping
    if value>=15000 or 'M' in data.keys() and data['M'] is False:
        motor1A.low()
        motor2A.low()

ws.on_receive = on_receive

Here, the on_receive() function can be divided into 3 parts.

• start pumping: When the button in area G is pressed, let the pump start working.

• show dht11 message: Show the temperature and humidity on the widgets in area C and area B respectively.

• show water level sensor message: The water level message is displayed on the widget in area P. When the water level message is greater than 10000, let the pump stop working.

Learn More

If you want Pico to run this 1.7_ws_plant_monitor.py file automatically after booting, refer to the following steps.

1. Open the 1.7_ws_plant_monitor.py file under the path of euler-kit/esp8266, then click File -> Save as.

   

2. Select Raspberry Pi Pico.

   

3. Set it name to main.py, this way the Raspberry Pi Pico will run this code automatically.