Weather and Soil Moisture Logger

This project logs temperature, humidity, and soil moisture data using an ESP8266 microcontroller and sends the data to Adafruit IO. Components used

• ESP8266 Microcontroller
• DHT11 temperature & humidity sensor
• Soil moisture sensor ("Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor V1.2")

Setup

1. Hardware connections:

   • DHT11: Connect to GPIO14 (D5)
   • Soil Moisture Sensor: Connect to A0 (ADC)

2. Software requirements:

   • MicroPython installed on ESP8266

3. Human requirements:

   • A smile on your face

4. Configuration:

   • Update config.py with your Adafruit IO username and API key.

Usage

1. Upload Code:

   • Flash the provided MicroPython script to the ESP8266.
   • See https://github.com/wendlers/mpfshell
   • mpfshell -n -c "open tty.usbserial-529A0037391; put boot.py"

2. Run:

   • Power the ESP8266 and monitor the serial output for data readings and status messages.

3. Data Logging:

   • Data is sent to Adafruit IO feeds for neat dashboards you can show your friends and claim you didn't waste an entire weekend working on this project..