Senior Design Projects
ECS193 A/B Winter & Spring 2023
MudPlanter: Design for a Self-Powered Growth Monitoring System
| gatlee@ucdavis.edu | |
| Name | Jun H Lee |
| Affiliation | EEC 136 AB |
Project's details
| Project title | MudPlanter: Design for a Self-Powered Growth Monitoring System |
| Background | The student team has designed a self-monitoring and self-sustaining support system for plant-based growth designed to record the growth rate and provide watering based on soil and temperature specifications using the MudWatt “soil-to-electric” as a power source (https://www.magicalmicrobes.com/products/mudwatt-clean-energy-from-mud). Effectively channeling information into a predicted algorithm to produce an expected time of maturity for the plant ultimately. |
| Description | The basic idea is that the MudWatt will provide power to a series of temperature, soil moisture, and proximity sensors, connected to a PSoC 6 board, executing and recording the information which is transmitted back to the user through some sort of smartphone device, built upon Google Flutter and Bluetooth Communication. |
| Deliverable | Powered by MudWatt sources Be able to record the height and girth of plants Provide data through Bluetooth communication Interfaced with a smartphone app, using Google Flutter base. Self-watering system based on soil moisture sensors using a DC motor pulley system |
| Skill set desirable | The ideal team will have experience in app-based interfaces telegraphing information from external programs (such as PSoC 6 Creator) Knowledge of basic coding protocols and principles Knowledge of basic circuitry and board sensor address registers is a plus. |
| Phone number | 9253498106 |
| Client time availability | 30-60 min weekly or more |
| IP requirement | Open source project |
| Attachment | Click here |
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