Automated Garden
Created on 08 Nov 2017
A smart garden is all you need to survive (off the grid)
Powered by solar, the Arduino-based smart garden will have a sprinkler that moves in 2-d space the automatically water plants with the ability to collect plant data.
@searly
Spencer Early
@chunminz
Chun Ming Jeffrey Zhang
@bhlee
Brian Lee
@ezeng
Evan Zeng
@eazheng
Emily Zheng
| Part | Cost | Quantity | Total |
| Ball Bushing Linear Motion 8mm x 15mm x 24mm Double Sealed 10 Pcs | $11.16 | 1 | $11.16 |
| Bearings to connect moving part to the aluminum rods | |||
| Borescope camera | $26.99 | 1 | $26.99 |
| Camera for image analysis of plant grow and weed detection. | |||
| Zinc-Aluminum-Coated Alloy Steel Socket Head Screw M3 x 0.5 mm Thread | $5.28 | 1 | $5.28 |
| Used to mount stepper motors | |||
| Zinc-Plated Steel Hex Nut Low-Strength, M1.6 x 0.35 mm Thread | $8.76 | 1 | $8.76 |
| Nut for the M1.6 screw heads | |||
| Sandisk 8GB SD Card | $9.90 | 1 | $9.90 |
| Storage for Raspberry Pi's data logging | |||
| 6061 Aluminum 8 mm Diameter 3 ft | $3.03 | 5 | $15.15 |
| Aluminum rods for linear motion (1 is spare) (Please choose 3 ft) | |||
| 2.5W 5V/500mAh Mini Encapsulated Solar Cell Epoxy Solar Panel | $7.99 | 1 | $7.99 |
| Solar Panel for solar integration, charges battery | |||
| Spiral Wire Manager | $7.84 | 1 | $7.84 |
| To mange pipes, wires etc, prevent from getting in way of moving parts | |||
| 5 Meters GT2 2mm Pitch 6mm Wide Timing Belt for 3D Printer CNC | $7.96 | 1 | $7.96 |
| Timing belt for linear motion | |||
| Arduino 3 motor shield | $10.80 | 1 | $10.80 |
| Shield to control stepper motors | |||
| Raspberry Pi 3b | $34.50 | 1 | $34.50 |
| Main computer for system, used for CV | |||
| USB A to B cable | $4.99 | 1 | $4.99 |
| Cable to communicate Arduino and Raspberry Pi | |||
| Black-Oxide Alloy Steel Socket Head Screw M1.6 x 0.35 mm Thread, 12 mm | $7.31 | 1 | $7.31 |
| Particular length needed to mount limit switches onto moving parts | |||
| Adafruit Lithium Ion Battery Pack - 3.7V 6600mAh | $34.44 | 1 | $34.44 |
| Hi power Li battery for entire system, rechargable | |||
| GT2 Timing Belt Pulley 5PCs | $10.89 | 1 | $10.89 |
| Pulley for linear motion | |||
| Project Totals: | 19 | $203.96 | |
| Track 1 Base Budget: | $250.00 | ||
| Preferred Vendor Budget Bonus: | $50.00 | ||
| Remaining Budget: | $96.04 | ||