Testing the soil moisture sensor for the first time.

I started the project before I joined stardance; this project is a self watering flower pot, I am using an ESP 32 module to power it. Today, I got my capacitive soil sensor from Amazon, and it seems to work.

I tested it using the website I had the ESP host. Rather than putting a screen on, I’m having it host a wifi network, then you can go to it’s IP adress, and you can see the UI.

When I wrapped the sensor in a moist towel, the output dropped from 3500 or so, to 2650 or so. This is promising.

When I get my MOSFETs, I will solder one on, and test out the motor! Then, it’s a bit of SolidWorks to make a housing and we’re good!