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Published inJan 2019
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Maya Posch
Maya Posch
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Maya Posch

Maya Posch is a senior C++ developer with more than 15 years of experience. Discovering the joys of programming early on, and later the joys of electronics, she has always expressed a profound interest in technology, a passion that she gladly shares with others. Describing herself as a C developer who happens to like C++ and Ada, she likes to seek the limits of what can be done with the minimum of code and hardware to accomplish everything that is cool, new, and exciting. She also enjoys FPGA development, AI, and robotics research, in addition to creative writing, music, and drawing.
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You also need to have the following considerations:

  • At this point, you can further refine the system by implementing plant-watering profiles to add dry periods or to adjust for certain soil types. You can add new RGB LED modes to make full use of the color choices available.
  • The entire hardware could be built into an enclosure, to make it blend into the background, or maybe to make it more visible.
  • The web interface could be extended to allow for controlling the trigger point and such from the browser, instead of having to use an MQTT client.
  • In addition to the moisture sensor, you could also add a brightness sensor, a temperature sensor, and so on, to measure more aspects that affect the plant's health.
  • For bonus points, you could automate the applying of (liquid) fertilizer to the plant.
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Maya Posch

Maya Posch is a senior C++ developer with more than 15 years of experience. Discovering the joys of programming early on, and later the joys of electronics, she has always expressed a profound interest in technology, a passion that she gladly shares with others. Describing herself as a C developer who happens to like C++ and Ada, she likes to seek the limits of what can be done with the minimum of code and hardware to accomplish everything that is cool, new, and exciting. She also enjoys FPGA development, AI, and robotics research, in addition to creative writing, music, and drawing.
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