Re:A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) soil moisture sensor
by mattwdelong on Thursday October 20, 2022 @07:35PM
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Chiming in to day I would also participate in this order. I have a farm and would love to automate aspects of my irrigation and have been looking for something like this. This in combination with soil temperature would be very beneficial.
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Re:A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) soil moisture sensor
by godelski on Thursday October 20, 2022 @07:39PM
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Often these moisture sensors (and other sensors here) can have high rates of error. Just something to keep in mind if you use it in a professional setting. But if they are cheap enough you can probably normalize out the variance and get a better reading.
Re:A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) soil moisture sensor
by iancmceachern on Thursday October 20, 2022 @07:44PM
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One of these might work for you:
https://m.fr.aliexpress.com/item/32689223035.html?html=stati...
https://www.amazon.fr/Corrosion-Resistant-Capacitive-Moistur...
If not I run www.openagriculturesupply.com amd would love to help find something that does.
Re:A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) soil moisture sensor
by greggsy on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:26PM
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I have a couple of these hooked into an rpi zero to monitor soil moisture under my house. They work, but wireless would be much better.
Re:A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) soil moisture sensor
by iancmceachern on Friday October 21, 2022 @12:18AM
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I should have linked these for you in the first place. They have a whole ecosystem of sensors that are all wireless.
https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-S2105-LoRaWAN-Soil-Temp...