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okay, this isn't really something new, but during this summer vacation I felt a need for the following item that I would actually buy:<br />
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It would be really nice having a <b>cheap automatic plant watering</b>, where there is also the opportunity to <b>control it from remote</b>. I have a lot of sunflowers on my balcony which are quite thirsty in the summer months, needing watering every day.<br />
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The idea would be something like I lie somewhere at the beach, open an app on my phone, take a look at my plants through a camera and switch on my watering, or, alternatively, switch to an automatic program.<br />
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Out of curiosity and as a first shot I built an ad-hoc plant watering on my balcony (see video and pic), without any remote control so far. <br />
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The thing is very primitive as you might recognize at the first glance. It just consists of a small pump, a float switch, a small box which separates pump circuitry and float switch circuitry (via relay), a clock timer and wiring. Plus, of course, the mechanical parts (hoses and a valve).<br />
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The advantage: It was cheap (around 20€ for the electrical parts excluding the power supply, around 10€ for the mechanical parts), and I was able to build it quickly with recycled parts in under 1h.<br />
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As we are discussing ideas and basic concepts I would appreciate <b>basic feedback</b> for the idea of <b>further developing such a watering device</b>. As mentioned, I want to implement a remote control via android app, and on the mechanical level it would be cool having rather a kit with different-sized hoses, valves and hydraulic distributions.<br />
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With a <b>Raspberry Pi</b> for instance, one is able to devise a remote control via a couple of lines python code (Input/Output ports) that can be activated via app, and also to connect a camera (but I have not much experience with a Raspberry Pi so far). Of course that cannot be the actual solution if I want to scale this (?) since a Raspberry Pi costs between 80€ and 100€. Nobody would buy a plant watering for >100€ I guess.<br />
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Goal would be of course as always, developing something low-priced that fulfills an actual need.<br />
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Before I created this post I made some mandatory quick research of course, but I wasn't able to find something in this context that I would actually buy. If you have something like a link, I would really appreciate it.<br />
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This thread on the FLF was quite funny to read: <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/why-did-this-product-fail.71185/" class="link link--internal">Why did this product fail?</a><br />
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But anyway, thanks in advance.</div>
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