The watering system consists of two parts. This is the manifold part of the system – this is the part that goes out in the garden. The other part is the faucet part – which is the part that is connected to the faucet.
The manifold part has a flow sensor on the input, and a solenoid valve on each of the 48 outputs. It is then possible to adjust the amount of water fed to each plant/tree.
When the watering system starts, the manifold part request the faucet part to turn on the water via a rf2g4 module.
The faucet part can also control a water pump so I can use collected rain water from my cistern.
For this test the first output was set to 0.1l, the second to 0.2l, the third for 0.3l…. The tenth for 1l, the eleventh for 0.1l,thr twelfth for 0.2l, and so on, ending with 0.8l on the 48th output.
Now the only thing missing is the summer…
And thanks to my friend John for making the actual manifold from two 50x50x1000mm nylon blocks that is then boltet together.
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Post time: Jun-26-2017