JalRakshak Garden AI: Bringing Open-Source AI Into the Garden 🌱

Описание и применение

JalRakshak Garden AI – локальная система для ухода за растениями, объединяющая веб‑интерфейс, микроконтроллер ESP8266, датчики температуры, влажности и почвы, а также планируемый автоматический полив с использованием локального ИИ.

Задача

Home gardeners lack a local, privacy‑preserving system that can monitor environmental conditions, log plant care, and automate watering based on real sensor data.

Результат

The prototype demonstrates sensor data collection and a planned end‑to‑end flow from ESP8266 to dashboard, with future work on reliable Wi‑Fi, sensor calibration, and safe automated watering.

Рабочий процесс

• Build React frontend for garden management and journal
• Implement FastAPI backend with SQLite and IoT telemetry endpoint
• Configure ESP8266 to read DHT11 and soil sensors and send data over Wi‑Fi
• Integrate sensor readings into dashboard
• Add second soil sensor for comparison and calibrate outputs
• Design relay and pump safety circuit with thresholds and cooldowns
• Plan automated watering rules and emergency stop

Доказательства

The DHT11 has already produced real readings of approximately 30–31 °C and 64–66% relative humidity during testing.

Источник

The mini pump and relay are part of the hardware prototype. Before enabling automatic watering, I plan to add safeguards such as configurable moisture thresholds, a maximum pump runtime, cooldown periods, and a manual emergency stop.

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