Calibrate your sensor for your specific soil type. Record sensor values for “dry” and “fully wet” conditions and adjust thresholds in code. Optionally, use the map() function to create a more accurate ...

Abstract: Automatic Smart Plant Watering System is a smarter solution that works on Arduino Uno, which can automatically operate for plant watering at optimal moisture conditions of soil. It checks ...

To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden, together with BBDO Nordics, has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984.

In an era of escalating water-shortage concerns and shrinking resources, a provocative question looms: Is growing food in the desert a waste of water? For some, the sight of sprawling farmland in arid ...

The Raspberry Pi might sound like dessert, but it's actually a credit card–sized computer changing the world of DIY tech. First launched in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it was designed to make ...

Abstract: Data from the NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission have shown promise for the retrieval of soil moisture, and many soil moisture products using CYGNSS data have ...

Use a capacitive soil moisture sensor (it’s corrosion-resistant). If using a resistive type, power the sensor only during readings (use a transistor or MOSFET controlled by Arduino).

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