BBC Microbit Plant Watering Kit

Plant Watering Kit for BBC Microbit

This super fun kit combines two of our favourite hobbies:  Forgetting to water the Plants and the BBC Micro:bit!
Make an automated Plant watering kit and learn to code the BBC Microbit at the same time!

The kit works by monitoring the moisture level in the plant pot soil. If the moisture level drops below a certain threshold, the water pump is switched on via a MOSFET transistor. The pump will run for a software configured amount of time and will then switch off.
Check out this Proto-PIC guide which has a step by step tutorial on how to get the most from your kit

Plant Watering Kit contains:

 

You will also need:

A USB to micro USB cable,
a BBC Microbit - we didn't include one in the kit to keep the price down
2xAAA batteries,
4xAA batteries,
a computer with an internet connection,
a pen or pencil,
a piece of paper
some water (a medium to large size container to hold water)
a medium to large plant pot, … and of course a plant!

Notes:
Cool plant pot NOT included! (but we can tell you how to make one if you drop us a mail!)