Moving on to the next stage of my self watering flower pot: CAD! I made a modular system that lets you change sizes of parts. Each of the three parts you see here connects under the central part ( the pot holder ) using basic “keys”. These make it so that any of the parts can change size without having to reprint everything, and so that it can be printed on a smaller printer. The reason the peripheral parts are so far away, is because the pot will be quite large. I’m using 3d printed pins at the moment to hold the custom PCB in, but when I tried it, my first version had bad tolerances, and my second version, while fitting, the pins broke easily and didn’t hold it very well.
I also worked on code. I have done quite a bit for code. When powered, the board hosts its own wifi. If you join it and go to its IP address, you can see a website that IS the UI for the board, with controls and data and stuff. You can also give it your wifi and connect to the board without leaving the comfort of your network.
Finally, (while I forgot to track time for this,) I finally soldered the pump on. It works, but the board consistently browns out 8/10 times when I try to run it. I ordered a better power supply to try to fix it. I knew I should’ve added those capacitors!
