Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick

Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick can read the amount of moisture present in the soil surrounding it. It's a low tech sensor, but ideal for monitoring an urban garden, or your pet plant's water level. This is a must have tool for a connected garden! 

This sensor uses the two probes to pass current through the soil, and reads the resistance to get the moisture level. More water makes the soil conduct electricity more easily (low resistance), while dry soil conducts electricity poorly (high resistance).

It will be helpful to remind you to water your indoor plants or to monitor the soil moisture in your garden. You can use it with the Basic:bit and micro:bit.

Quick Start:

Hardware Connection：

Connection note:Connect this module to the P1 port on OCTOPUS:BIT. 

Programming：

Click the "Advanced" selection in the Makecode to check more coding selections.

We need to add a package for the coding. Click "Add package" from the bottom of the page and search"Tinker-kit" in the dialog box, then download the equivalent package.(Pointed by the red arrows below)

Code

Program links:https://makecode.microbit.org/_e7bCPFCFJEt4 .

Results

Insert this module into the soil, the value of the soil moisture content can be seen on the micro:bit.

• Power supply: Compatible with 3.3v or 5v
• Output voltage signal: 0~4.2v
• Current: 35mA
• Pin definition:
  • Analog output(Yellow wire)
  • GND(Black wire)
  • Power(Red wire)

• Moisture sensor(1 unit)
• Analog Sensor Cable (1 unit)

Quick Start:

Hardware Connection：

Connection note:Connect this module to the P1 port on OCTOPUS:BIT. 

Programming：

Click the "Advanced" selection in the Makecode to check more coding selections.

We need to add a package for the coding. Click "Add package" from the bottom of the page and search"Tinker-kit" in the dialog box, then download the equivalent package.(Pointed by the red arrows below)

Code

Program links:https://makecode.microbit.org/_e7bCPFCFJEt4 .

Results

Insert this module into the soil, the value of the soil moisture content can be seen on the micro:bit.

• Example code