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🌱💧 An open source DIY soil moisture sensor
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add soil conductivity & soil pH #196

Open MarkAtwood opened 6 months ago

MarkAtwood commented 6 months ago

Soil pH aka soil conductivity are important metrics

Something like this device https://www.amazon.com/Sonkir-Soil-Moisture-Tester-Gardening/dp/B07BR52P26

All the sensors I have seen have been two stainless steel spikes or else a copper spike and a stainless steel spike and then some electronics.

rbaron commented 6 months ago

Hey @MarkAtwood,

I really like the idea, and we had a similar request in the past (https://github.com/rbaron/b-parasite/issues/38). I think on the technical side it wouldn't be to difficult, but it makes me wonder about the changes in the fabrication process/cost and battery life (e.g.: can we still use a 3V CR2032 for years?). Right now we have a basic capacitive design that's relatively easy to build, not too expensive and simple to maintain. I am very open to suggestions and I would love to be proven wrong, but if the design and cost are too different at the scale of a few units, I think it warrants its own, separate project.