greenbuddy

GreenBuddy

GreenBuddy is a smart plant monitoring system that uses a custom soil moisture sensor and a Raspberry Pi to track soil moisture levels. The system sends real-time moisture data to a cloud-based serverless architecture built on AWS, providing automated notifications to users for plant care.

Features

• Custom-built capacitive soil moisture sensor.
• Real-time soil moisture data collection and monitoring.
• Serverless cloud architecture using AWS Lambda, SNS, and DynamoDB.
• Automated notifications when plants need watering.
• Scalable and low-cost solution for efficient plant care.

Hardware Used:

• Raspberry Pi
• Capacitive soil moisture sensor
• MCP3008 (Analog to Digital Converter)
• Jumper wires and breadboard

Installation and Usage

Hardware setup has been omitted for simplicity.

1. Move plant_monitor.py to the Raspberry Pi through the repo:

git clone https://github.com/0xVR/GreenBuddy.git

1. Install the required packages.

cd GreenBuddy && pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Setup AWS Lambda, SNS, and DynamoDB using Terraform:

cd terraform && terraform init && terraform apply

1. Update the Python script with the links to your AWS API Gateway and SNS topic

2. Subscribe to the SNS topic on AWS

3. Done!