ESP8266 Plant Watering - Part 3/3 - Day 42 of

I explain and show step by step how to build a plant watering system with ESP8266, capacitive soil moisture sensor, and peristaltic pump.
On day 42 I've put everything together and finished the hardware part of the system.
You can find the code from this episode here:
github.com/ttarnowski/esp8266...
Social Media:
Twitter: / t_tarnowski​
Linkedin: / tomasz-ta...​
Website: tomasztarnowski.com
GitHub: github.com/ttarnowski​
Parts and components used in the video:
- ESP8266 microcontroller (~5$ a piece):
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=nodemcu+...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=esp8266
- Peristaltic pump:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Denash-Peris...
US: www.amazon.com/Yanmis-Perista...
AliExpress: www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
- Breadboard:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=breadboard
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=breadboard
- AC to DC Adapter:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=ac%2Fdc+...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=ac%2Fdc+ad...
- Capacitive moisture sensor:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=capaciti...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=capacitive...
- Resistor kit:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=resistors
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=resistors
- Diode kit
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=led+diod...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=led+diode+kit
- 1x PN2222A Transistor:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=pn2222a
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=pn2222a
- Wires:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=arduino+...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=arduino+wires
- Plastic tubes:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=pvc+clea...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=pvc+clear+...
- micro USB cable:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=micro+us...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=micro+usb+...
or (for mac)
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=type+c+t...
US: www.amazon.com/s?k=type+c+to+...
- you also need a bottle and a glass
Software used in the video:
1. Visual Studio Code IDE:
code.visualstudio.com/
2. C/C++ VSCode extension:
marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
3. Clang-Format VSCode extension:
marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
4. PlatformIO VSCode extension:
marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
PN2222A transistor datasheet:
cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datashe...
Thanks for watching and see you tomorrow!
00:00 Intro
00:22 Code walk-trough
03:34 Improving code readability
04:19 Adding the pump control in the code
14:19 Testing the circuit
15:45 The end

[@tubegor]

Without doubt interesting project and very well explained. Pozdrowienia.👁

[@tomasztarnowski4434]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it :)

[@abdulalessi2962]

Very cool!

[@tomasztarnowski4434]

Thank you, Abdul.

[@user-ko5gk3ym4y]

Hi Tomasz Will you be completing the connectivity part of this project soon?
Cheers Mark