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Added a soil moisture sensor to my compost sensor platform.

Temperature measurement is the priority, but this capacitive moisture sensor might be useful to watch for the outside of the pile drying out. It also includes an air temperature sensor that should provide some insight into how the piles perform in different seasons.

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Dr. Hax 1y ago

Willing to share any part numbers, suppliers or code? I have a bunch of places I'd like soil moisture sensors!

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John Dee 1y ago

This is intended for compost piles, but could be adapted to soil. I'll publish a repo soon. It's still in early development and I went with the easiest parts, not the cheapest. Everything is from Adafruit.

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Dr. Hax 1y ago

I have a couple composters too. 😄

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John Dee 1y ago

Repo is published now and has more details: https://github.com/zappityzap/compost-sensor