April soil moisture sensor
Soil moisture sensor Wi-Fi enabled. It's based on Espressif's ESP32 S2 SoC and uses capacitive moisture probing. Also provide temperature sensor.
The project is modifying of the I2C Moisture Sensor project from Miceuz. Thanks for his source code
The moisture value is changed with the voltage of battery also. But you can add a function to measuring moisture follow battery's voltage.
Hardware
- ESP32 S2 module x 1
- Reset button x 1
- Boot Button x 1 (GPIO0)
- Functional button x 1 (GPIO2)
- Programming pinouts which adapter for ESP Flasher
- Led x 1
- temperature sensor x 1 (tmp112)
- Soil moisture sensor x 1 (PCB sensor uses capacitive moisture probing)
- Lithium Battery connector x 1 (PH2.0-2P JST connector)
- USB Type-C for programming and battery charge
- PCB size:
28.15mm * 126mm
Recommend battery: 482833 lithium battery
Waterproofing
The sensor comes coated with QIANXIN - a moisture resistant varnish for electronics. It's ok for play around in a flower pot but not enough for outdoor use. You must add an additional protection to the whole sensor!
FAQ
How can I flash my sensor in Arduino or IDF?
If you would like to use your device in the Arduino IDE or with the ESP-IDF, follow the steps to put the board to download mode.
With battery removed/unplugged
- Press and hold IO0
- Plug USB cable. Wait seconds for boot
- Release IO0
That will enable the CDC USB in ROM and you will be able to select the device to flash it. You should remove the housing for the sensor if the usb cable wasn't fully engaging the connectors when the case was on.
Note: You must remove the battery to put the device to download mode.
RX & TX pins are not coupled with the internal USB, what are they used for?
RX & TX are still connected to UART0, and still used with the USB when in CDC (download mode). Otherwise, you can use them as UART0 when connecting a module that uses serial, or use them as general IO, it's up to you.
Downloads
Third party software
- Improved ESPHome example Thanks William