dirtbot

dirtbot helps with indoor gardening autmation. Now with 100% more dirt!

General Plan

Run home assistant on a Raspberry pi 4 to that will monitor and control environmental conditions. Raspberry pi is set up

V0

Read Only mode

• Temp
• Humidity
• Pressure These can all be read from the portable weather station via the sdr Goal is to get familiar with home assistant and get the database up and running, make some nice graphana dashboards.

V1

Controlling

• Light
• Ventilation
• Temperature + Light (Bedroom wake up routine) These can be controlled via smart plugs. Goal here is to get the tent on a good light and ventilation schedule.

V2

Monitor soil moisture - send an alert when moisture is too low Webcam - Takes periodic photos of the grow tent

V3

Irrigation

• Add a water source that can be pumped into the beds when soil moisture is too low
  • This is scary... I would want to add a leak detection system to shut things off