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- Page 1 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit F-building 8 floor, Fusen Industry Park Phone: +86 13450435429 GushuHangcheng road, Bao'an Ave, Web: www.elecrow.com Shenzhen city Twitter: @Elecrow1 China 518126 Facebook: @Elecrow...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit About Elecrow ......................2 Welcome message ....................2 Introduction ....................... 2 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit features ............3 What’s included in the Box? ..................4 System Operation Overview ..................7 Arduino IDE installation and configuration ..............8 Uploading the program into the Smart Pump Board .......... -
Page 3: About Elecrow
About Elecrow Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Established in 2014, Elecrow is devoted to the open source hardware industry. We have helped thousands of innovators produce custom PCB and PCBA boards.We are dedicated to providing millions of electronic modules for industrial application and STEAM education. -
Page 4: Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Features
Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Features 1. Smart Pump Board with integrated control board (Arduino Leonardo). No need for an external control board! 2. Very low noise Water Pump. Less than 65 dB when operating compared to 70dB when a desktop fan operates in high mode. -
Page 5: What's Included In The Box
What’s Included in the Box? Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 1. Smart Pump Board (Qty. 1) This is the brain of kit. reads information from the humidity sensors and decides which plant needs water and activates the right components to achieve this. - Page 6 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 3. Low Noise Water Pump (Qty. 1) Takes water from a source and pumps it through the output valve. 4. Five-way Water Pipe (Qty. 1) Allows water coming from the water pump output valve to be distributed to four outputs.
- Page 7 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 6. Plastic Water Pipe (Qty. 1) 5 meters of 2/10 inches in diameter clear plastic water pipe. 7. Soil Humidity Sensors (Qty. 4) These sensors measure the humidity in the soil and based on their readings, the Smart Pump Board decides if the plant needs water or not.
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Page 8: System Operation Overview
Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit System Operation Overview After uploading the complementary program into the controller (Arduino Leonardo) integrated in the Smart Pump Board and interconnect all the components you are ready to power the kit. Once power is connected, the controller will initialize the display, and it will read information from the Soil Humidity Sensors and determine the moisture content in the soil for each of the plants. -
Page 9: Arduino Ide Installation And Configuration
Arduino IDE installation and configuration Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 1. Download the Arduino IDE Use the latest version of the Arduino IDE for your computer system. Here are the links to the latest version (at the time this document was created): o Windows (XP and up) https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php?f=/arduino-1.8.9-windows.ex... - Page 10 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Page 9...
- Page 11 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Connect the Smart Pump Board to your computer system Attach the micro usb side of the cable to the Smart Pump Board Connect the other end of the usb cable to an usb port in your computer.
- Page 12 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 5. Configure which communication port to use The Arduino IDE needs to know in which usb computer port the Arduino Leonardo controller is connected in order to communicate with it. To do so, select “Tools>Port” and select the COM port that indicates Arduino Leonardo.
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Page 13: Uploading The Program Into The Smart Pump Board
Uploading the Program into the Smart Pump Board Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 1. Download the Library: and extract it. www.elecrow.com/download/Watering_kit_library.zip Copy it to the file-libraries in the arduino IDE file, i.e. D:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries. 2. Download the Program Download the program at https://www.elecrow.com/download/watering_kit.zip... - Page 14 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Page 13...
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Page 15: Assembling The Components
Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 5. Upload the Code to the Arduino Board Click the to upload the code Assembling the components Note: For an overview of the process please watch this YouTube video 1. Attach the cable to the Soil Humidity Sensors as shown in the figure. Repeat for each sensor. - Page 16 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 3. Connect the Water Pump and the Four-way Valve to the Smart Pump Board 4. Cut the plastic water pipe First cut: for water source to water pump input (depends on water source height) Second cut: water pump output to five-way valve input. (depends on how you locate the...
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- Page 18 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit 5. Connect the Water Pipes Cut the water pipe and divide them to 6 parts. Make sure the pipe that goes inside the water source will be long enough to reach the water. We’ll connect 2 of the pipes to the pump,...
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Page 19: Troubleshooting
Leonardo and the other devices. That way, the Leonardo will get 5V while the pump and the switch will get 12V. Troubleshooting Your Elecrow Arduino Plant Watering Kit is guaranteed to operate properly for a period of 365 days. Symptom... -
Page 20: Warranty Information
Warranty Information Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit Your Elecrow Arduino Plant Watering Kit is guaranteed to operate properly for a period of 365 days. This warranty provides for repair or replacement, at manufacturer’s option, of any defective components. This warranty is limited to the actual cost of repairs and will not cover shipping costs or any consequential damages resulting from failure of the unit or its components to perform as stated.
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