Measure Twice, Water Your Plant Once
The new Qwiic Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor is now available and should level up your garden for the warmer months ahead!
Hello one and all to another Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we are prepping for Spring (it's literally less than a month away) by setting up our home gardens and office plant friends with our brand new Capacitive Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor! This type of sensor is a familiar sight to see in our catalog, but as the name implies, this new version ditches the resistive conductive leads for an internal sensing plate for a much longer lifespan! We'll also be taking a look at some of our existing boards that should help you utilize this new environmental sensor, as well. We believe this is one of the best environmental sensors available right now and it's coming out at a perfect time to use in your Spring garden!
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Tired of your soil moisture sensors corroding after just a few weeks in the dirt? This capacitive version of the Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor solves this exact problem. Instead of relying on exposed metal leads that degrade over time, this breakout measures moisture levels using a capacitive plate safely embedded within the board, and managed by the CY8CMBR3102 Capsense® Express™ controller. This design makes it much more corrosion-resistant, ensuring a significantly longer lifespan for your connected garden and agricultural projects.
Whether you are monitoring microclimates for agriculture or tracking storms from your backyard, the Weather Meter Kit provides the three fundamental mechanical sensors needed to build your own custom weather station. This kit strips away the complex, proprietary protocols of commercial units, giving you direct access to the raw data for wind speed, wind direction, and rainfall.
The SparkFun ENS160/BME280 Environmental Combo Breakout takes care of all your atmospheric-quality sensing needs with the popular ENS160 and BME280 ICs. This unique breakout provides various environmental data, including AQI, TVOCs, equivalent CO2 (or eCO2) levels, barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature.
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