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9 years, 8 months ago.
how to interface soil moisture sensor withe reader?
I am trying to use soil moisture sensor in my project. I would like it to have an impressive impact on agricultural development. however I am little bit not familiar with electronics, but I am easily learned type of person. so I would like to ask u how can I display the reading and what are the necessary component needed to do this.
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9 years, 8 months ago.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/soil-moisture-sensor-hookup-guide
There is nothing to stop you from taking the same referenced sensor and write the code on mbed. You will need a mbed enabled target microcontroller board - personally would recommend nucleo STM32F4xx series which are very powerful and run fast yet about $10 to $15 USD.
https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/ST-Nucleo-F446RE/
Paul has raised a great question. If you are looking for very low power solutions, consider the Silabs like Zero Gecko:
https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/EFM32-Zero-Gecko/
How you going to power your project battery, mains or solar? What type of display do you want to use?
posted by Paul Staron 19 Jan 2016