SmartPlant Pi - Smart Garden with your Raspberry Pi Kit!
A project in Liberty Lake, WA by SwitchDoc Labs000days
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Set up a SmartPlant monitoring system with your Raspberry Pi. This Kit is designed to teach the technology and requires NO soldering!
Backers: 73
Average Pledge Per Backer: $118
Funded: $8,607 of $2,500
Dates: Jan 11th -> Jan 31st (20 days)
Project By: SwitchDoc Labs
Backers: 73
Average Pledge Per Backer: $118
Funded: $8,607 of $2,500
Dates: Jan 11th -> Jan 31st (20 days)
Project By: SwitchDoc Labs
$8,607
current pledge level
Last Updated: January 31 @ 13:02 -0500 GMT
344%
of goal
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Latest News
Smart Plant Pi - Software / Hardware Update 
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We are very close to doing the first release of the SmartPlantPi software. There is one more feature to add (We are adding a state file so SmartPlantPi remembers what you told it to do last time even if you are starting it up again..... :) ). ... (Read More)
A few Questions that are being asked on SmartPlantPi
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Q: Was wondering with the Plant/Weather bundle, is there a lightning sensor included in the bundle. If not, is this something we can purchase somewhere else? A: There is no lightning detector included in SmartPlantPi. However, you can add a... (Read More)
Smart Plant Pi Alarm System Running
January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We are one big step closer to the first release of the SmartPlantPi Python software. Now projecting next week for the first version upload to our Github.com/switchdoclabs repository. Remember, all the SmartPlantPi software is 100% open source and... (Read More)
The Smart Plant Pi Air Quality Sensor - Test Results
January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
One of the questions were asked recently is what can you detect with the Air Quality Sensor on Smart Plant Pi. Some ResultsWe ran the Air Quality sensor for a couple of days at the home of our CTO and gathered the data using SDL_PI_DataLogger. He... (Read More)
Video of Part of the User Interface
January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Folks, We are getting close to our first release of the Smart Plant Pi Python software. Last week we got the rest of the User Interface hardware working, specifically the Rotary Dial and Switch. You can set a bunch of different variables with... (Read More)
Smart Plant Pi software for Grove Button Described
January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, We just released a short tutorial about how to interface a Button to the Raspberry Pi. We used the SmartPlantPi software as an example and the source code is provided. Plus you can see part of the SmartPlantPi Interface.... (Read More)
Button Interface Video Released
January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Below is a short video of part of the User Interface for the Smart Plant Pi project. This video is all about the "single button" in the middle bottom of the screen. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound... (Read More)
Great Questions from Backers!
January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
1- Can I setup the automatic watering if the sensor goes below xx% ? Is there any feature from the web side like an instant push button to run the watering for few seconds ? Yes, you can set the level for watering. Look to the update later today... (Read More)
Block Diagram for Smart Plant Pi
January 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We thought we would add our block diagram to the project. (Read More)
Thank You Backers! 3D Stands in house!
January 12th - via: kickstarter.com
People, We made our minimum in 15 hours. Thank you! Today's task is verifying the production 3D Prints for the Smart Plant Pi stands! The picture below shows the latest prototype. A few more little things to do. We are going to do a full part... (Read More)
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