SMARTHON Smart Garden AIoT Farmer Kit for micro:bit
Introduction
Smarthon Smart Garden AIoT Farmer Kit is designed to introduce the fundamentals of the Internet of Things (IoT) with a focus on plant care and environmental monitoring. This kit provides a comprehensive set of sensors and actuators tailored to study and optimize plant growth conditions. Using Smarthon IoT boards compatible with BBC micro:bit, users can explore real-world applications by creating intelligent systems such as automatic irrigation, lighting control and environmental monitoring.
This kit empowers learners not only to become responsible caretakers of plants but also to develop skills in computer science, electronics and IoT development through engaging and practical projects.
Accessories
- Smarthon IoT:bit
- Digital Light Sensor
- Soil Moisture Sensor
- Temperature and
- Humidity Sensor
- Water Pump
- LED Grow Light
- Fog Module
- LCD 1602
- Acrylic Board Model
The instruction manual is included with the kit, convenient for teachers and students to make.
Mainboard
The smart plant kit works with Smarthon’s IoT:bit WiFi extension board to create different IoT projects.
Model
The model is included with the kit for student to build creatively.
The instruction book contain the detail assembly steps.
Smart Plant Projects
Have you ever imagined how to design your own smart plant? This set can make at least 5 smart plant set items. The following are some reference examples. Promoting plant growth can be divided into four basic elements, including light, water, temperature, and humidity.
Grow LED Light Color Control
Grow LED Light Color Control allows you to experiment and observe the effects of different colors of light on plant growth.
Automated Watering System
Automatic Irrigation System tracks the soil moisture in real time using a sensor without having to rely on our guesses. It will water the plant for you whenever the soil moisture gets dangerously low.
Intelligent Garden Lighting System
Smart LED grow light helps the plant by tracking the lighting conditions and turning on whenever the plant needs more light.
Smart Humidity Regulation
The Automatic Humidity Control system measures humidity levels and efficiently adjusts the environment to the most favorable state for plant growth.
Garden Environment Data Monitoring
Create a plant health monitoring system that will track the environment's humidity, temperature, light intensity and the plant’s soil moisture.
Environmental Anomaly Alert
Create an email alert system that automatically notifies you when the environmental temperature falls outside the optimal range for plant growth.
Automated Lighting Schedule Control
Create a system that automatically provides light to the plants according to a schedule controlled from the cloud.
Weather-Adaptive Irrigation
Create an irrigation system that automatically adjusts the watering schedule according to the weather.
Remote Water Pump Control
Use Blynk to create a mobile app for monitoring soil moisture levels and remotely controlling the water pump for irrigation.
Generating growth AI report
By using n8n, we can connect to AI Agents to analyze plant growth status, generate corresponding reports, and send them to users via email.
Smart Plant Projects
Have you ever imagined how to design your own smart plant? This set can make at least 5 smart plant set items. The following are some reference examples. Promoting plant growth can be divided into four basic elements, including light, water, temperature, and humidity.
Grow LED Light Color Control
Create a grow light that can be turned to different colors using the buttons on micro:bit board.
Environment Monitoring Display
Mount and LCD display that will show the real time plant data such as the environment temperature, humidity and the soil moisture.
Smart LED Grow Light
Create an automatic grow light that will turn on when the light sensor detects the lack of appropriate amount of light.
Automatic Irrigation
Create an automatic irrigation system that will water the plant whenever the soil moisture sensor senses the lack of water in the soil.
Automatic Humidity Control
Create an automatic system that humidifies the air whenever there is lack of it in the environment.
Plant Health Data Monitoring
Create a plant health monitoring system that will track the environment's humidity, temperature, light intensity and the plant’s soil moisture. The data is then sent and stored in thingspeak where it can be remotely monitored and analyzed over long periods of time.
Product Features
Plant Pot Model Design
With the great design, it is made by using acrylic material. It is very fun that the students can build a pot for the plant. Besides, it is good for the plant pot with mounting holes so that it can mount different electronics on the pot, like LCD, temperature and humidity sensor and grow plant LED light. Besides, the great stand is flexible and height can be adjusted so that users can adjust it based on different height of the plant.
Soil & Seeds Included
The common problem with these types of projects is that the idea might sound good, but it can be such a hassle for a teacher to buy the pots, seeds, and all additional materials to even make it happen. However, our kit provides you a complete experience. We include all the necessary components such as a custom plant pot, tray, seeds, and soil. You can start creating right away without any barriers in front of you.
Experiment & Observe
Whenever we are teaching STEM we have to think about combining several sciences to create plant projects. With this kit, you will learn to connect, program, and use the included sensors and actuators to fully automate the care for your plant. With those sensors and actuators, you can already sense and adjust the basic needs of the plant like Soil moisture, light and humidity. Different plants have different needs, and you can create a nearly autonomous system that can care for almost any plant.
Smart IoT Planting
The kit lets you also delve into the advanced Internet of Things. Our custom Smarthon IoT bit is equipped with an ESP 32 WiFi module that can connect to the internet and communicate with other objects. For instance, one of our projects lets you create a plant health monitoring system that records plant data and stores the data in the cloud.
Teaching Resources
Lesson Plan
The kit contains 8 detailed lesson plans and sets out the focus of each lesson’s learning content, required materials, time distribution and teaching methods.
Teacher Teaching PPT
The PPT used by teachers can help them lead classroom processes and activities, reduce the burden of designing teaching materials, and make them better in STEM teaching.
Student Notes
Student notes include lesson learning and knowledge points with detailed experimental steps, making it easier for students to follow the course pace and revisit the content after returning home; at the same time, students can copy their own notes in the classroom to encourage them to study independently; There are also more challenging questions to cater for students of different levels.