I am here in need of guidance on how to facilitate this school project I am conducting. I want to pour different substances on plants (water, juice, milk, etc), and see how it affects the signals within them. I am thinking of using Arduino to carry out this project, and am seeking advice on what is needed of me and some potential issue I may run into. I want to measure these signals in plants and translate it into data that can be presented. I also want to look into producing plant music as I have seen many videos on YouTube of Arduino projects using plant signals to produce music. I would also like to see what is needed of me in order to do that.
The most basic information is needed from you! What signals are you interested and are they electronic or chemical signals. If you really are interested in such things, can you tell us what research you have done on the subject?
You could use my project here - just put one connector in the plant pot and another in the plant. Would be interesting to try different electrode materials eg carbon, copper wire.
You dont need to use the display and you could simplify the sketch a LOT if you just use the "printreadings" to send the output to the
The signals I am interested in are bioelectric signals. The summary of my research is that there are electric signals in plants that help control important processes such as growing, photosynthesis, etc. There are biotic and abiotic factors that affect these signals, such as diseases, pests, drought, temperature, and many more. Due to this research, I have made a guess that pouring different substances should affect those bioelectric signals within plants. I hope this is some valuable help.
That is exactly what I am stating in the original post. I just need some guidance on what equipment is needed of me and potential pitfalls of this experiment.
You are just going in circles. Until you know what the signals are, you cannot select a sensor or circuits to monitor them! You need to do the basic research to define what you want to measure!
ok, then use the identical equipment used for thermocouple measurements, except replace the actual thermocouple with two electrodes to connect to the plant. There are lots of Arduino projects using thermocouples that you can find by searching the forum.
Hello everyone, I am an engineering student and I am working on a project "recognize emotions by using plants as biosensor detectors." I need a SpikerBox plant to process the plant's signals, but it's not available in my country. Therefore, I should make a circuit that allows me to record and amplify the bioelectrical signals of plants, such as action potentials or slow-wave potentials. These signals are then visualized and analyzed on a computer to observe and study the electrical responses of plants to different environmental stimuli can someone helps and thank you .
The first thing to engineer is to put numbers on those signals so you have some basis to design what you are working on. Always start a project at the beginning, not at the end.