Moisture Sensor Circuit Using Arduino

In this tutorial we have used the waveshare soil moisture sensor.

Moisture sensor circuit using arduino.

To connect the sensor in the analog mode we will need to use the analog output of the sensor. The sensor has 4 terminals for connection vcc for power gnd analog output and digital output. Once everything is connected and in sync with the program on the computer place the sensor into a sample of soil. In order to test the device set up the arduino sensor and different soil samples.

Soil moisture is basically the amount content of water present in the soil. When taking the analog output from the soil moisture sensor fc 28 the sensor gives us the value from 0 1023. Interfacing soil moisture sensor and arduino. The soil moisture sensor module built around the lm393 comparator gives an active low l level output when the soil is dry determined by a pre setted threshold value.

It has a fork like design which makes it easy to insert into the soil. A 12volt dc water pump is controlled as the soil moisture increases or decreases below a certain pre defined value. The third defines a limit in this case if the sensorvalue is larger than the limit then a led will light up. Capacitive soil moisture sensor arduino in this tutorial you will learn how to use the capacitive soil moisture sensor v1 2 with arduino and display the soil moisture value on a 16 2 i2c lcd module.

In no moisture soil the program should output a value of. This can be measured using a soil moisture sensor either resistive or capacitive here we will use capacitive soil moisture sensor v1 2 this sensor measures the volumetric content of water inside the soil and. Int limit 300. The sensor gives analog values from 0 1023 and moisture are measured in percentage so we will map these values from 0 100 by using map function in code.

The analog output voltage boosts along with the soil moisture level increases. If you type in arduino soil moisture sensor into ebay you will see the complete type of sensor needed to build this circuit. The soil moisture is monitored in real time. A two legged lead that goes into the soil or anywhere else where water content has to be measured.

A typical soil moisture sensor consist of two components. The second defines the analog value of the sensor read by the arduino. The amplifier has a vin gnd analog and digital data pins. It has a detection length of 38mm and a working voltage of 2v 5v.

Vcc and ground are how the sensor gets the power it needs to operate. This has two header pins which connect to an amplifier a d circuit which is in turn connected to the arduino. Now that the sensor can measure soil moisture from the coding input we have to test it. Analog mode interfacing soil moisture sensor and arduino.

The first one defines the analog pin of the arduino. This project is about arduino and capacitive soil moisture sensor lcd oled interfacing tutorial.