Hey everyone,
I am building a computer controlled hydroponic system for my senior project. I have never used Arduino and this project is due at the end of the semester, roughly 3 months from now. I have some questions on feasibility.
I'm pretty much building a gigantic Aerogarden that will be used for tomatoes. I have all the components for the hydroponics part, but I will be using a microprocessor to control all of the automated functions. I'm looking to do these things, so just let me know if it's not possible/very difficult.
- Timer for lights/pumps. (I'm sure this is pretty easy)
- Temperature sensor that reads the temperature of the water
- Sensor that tells me when the water level reaches too low. I'm guessing some sort of float valve that activates a LED when it falls below a certain height.
- Some sort of display that tells me what these sensors are reading. I do not want this thing to be connected to a computer, I want the data to be displayed on some type of LCD display or something.
- Buttons or switches that can changes the timer setting for the lights/pumps.
I'm pretty good with my hands and figuring out stuff, but this microprocessor stuff seems really difficult to me.