An Arduino is a much better choice than a Raspberry Pi for tasks that require real-time input and responses. While a Pi can ...

The hardware is consists of an Arduino microcontroller (here an Arduino Uno R3) and a pre-wired soil moisture sensor module. The soil moisture sensor module , built around the LM393 comparator, gives ...

I can check that annually and probably be fine. Soil moisture, though, is something that requires more active control. My long term goal is to integrate the sensors and some control relays for ...

Soil moisture sensors can help farmers save water, by letting them know when their crops actually need to be watered. An experimental new sensor could be particularly helpful, as it incorporates a ...