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Plant Monitoring System With ESP32, Lolin32 Lite, and Blynk

May 19, 2019 by Petr Lukáš
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This tutorial shows you how to build a plant condition monitoring system based on Chirp! sensor, Blynk, and ThingSpeak.

In this video, I'd like to show you a complete tutorial on how to build up a plant condition monitoring system based on Blynk platform and ThingSpeak as a secondary web interface. 

For this project, we use the BME280 combo sensor (temperature, humidity, air pressure) and Chirp! capacitive soil moisture sensor with the possibility of light level measurement.

Project Code and Video

/*************************************************************
Wemos Lolin32 Lite (ESP32)
Plant monitoring example
by Petr Lukas
Simple device setup, which allows to monitor temperature,
moisture, air pressure, light level and soil moisture
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BLYNK LIBRARY
Download latest Blynk library here:
https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/releases/latest
Downloads, docs, tutorials: http://www.blynk.cc
Sketch generator: http://examples.blynk.cc
Blynk community: http://community.blynk.cc
Follow us: http://www.fb.com/blynkapp
http://twitter.com/blynk_app
*************************************************************
BME280 LIBRARY
Copyright (c) 2015, Embedded Adventures
All rights reserved.
Contact us at source [at] embeddedadventures.com
www.embeddedadventures.com
*************************************************************
/* Comment this out to disable prints and save space */
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#include <Wire.h>
// BME280 MOD-1022 weather multi-sensor Arduino demo
// Written originally by Embedded Adventures
#include <BME280_MOD-1022.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp32.h>
// You should get Auth Token in the Blynk App.
// Go to the Project Settings (nut icon).
char auth[] = "YOUR BLYNK AUTH TOKEN";
// Chirp! variables
const int sleepTimeS = 10; // 10 secs
int moisture, light, i;
int RESET_PIN = 27;
// Your WiFi credentials.
// Set password to "" for open networks.
char ssid[] = "YOUR SSID";
char pass[] = "YOUR PASSWORD";
BlynkTimer timer;
WidgetTerminal terminal(V1);
// You can send commands from Terminal to your hardware. Just use
// the same Virtual Pin as your Terminal Widget
BLYNK_WRITE(V1)
{
if (String("hello") == param.asStr()){
terminal.println("Hello I'm your ESP32, control me from Blynk terminal ;)");
}
if (String("cls") == param.asStr()){
for (int i = 0; i <= 24; i++) {
terminal.println(""); // "clear screen" in app.
}
terminal.println();
}
// Ensure everything is sent
terminal.flush();
}
// I2C PINs setup, for Lolin32 Lite we go to setup PIN 16 (SDA) and 4 (SCL)
#define SDA_PIN 16
#define SCL_PIN 4
#define LED_PIN 22
float temp;
float humi;
float pres;
float diff = 32.00;
void measureBME280(){
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);
terminal.println("Measuring data...");
// need to read the NVM compensation parameters
BME280.readCompensationParams();
/* Filter coefficients - higher numbers slow down changes, such as slamming doors
* Possible settings:
* fc_off
* fc_2
* fc_4
* fc_8
* fc_16
*/
BME280.writeFilterCoefficient(fc_off);
/* Oversampling reduces the noise from the sensor osSkipped,
* Possible settings:
* os1x,
* os2x,
* os4x,
* os8x,
* os16x
*/
BME280.writeOversamplingPressure(os16x);
BME280.writeOversamplingTemperature(os2x);
BME280.writeOversamplingHumidity(os1x);
// example of a forced sample. After taking the measurement the chip goes back to sleep
BME280.writeMode(smForced);
BME280.readMeasurements();
temp = BME280.getTemperatureMostAccurate();
humi = BME280.getHumidityMostAccurate();
pres = BME280.getPressureMostAccurate();
temp = roundVal(temp);
humi = roundVal(humi);
pres = roundVal(pres+diff);
// Send debug data to terminal
terminal.print("TEMP:");
terminal.println(temp);
terminal.print("HUMI:");
terminal.println(humi);
terminal.print("PRES:");
terminal.println(pres);
terminal.flush();
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH);
}
float roundVal(float val){
val = val*100;
val = round(val);
val = val/100;
return val;
}
//=============== BLYNK FUNCTIONS ===============
void sendData()
{
// Send data from BME280 to Blynk server
terminal.println("Transfering data...");
Blynk.virtualWrite(V3, temp);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V4, humi);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V5, pres);
// Send data from Chirp! to Blynk server
Blynk.virtualWrite(V6, light);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V7, moisture);
// Send data to Blynk terminal
Blynk.virtualWrite(V0, temp,humi,pres,light,moisture);
terminal.flush();
}
//=============== RUN MEASUREMENT ===============
void procesData(){
measureBME280();
Serial.print("Temp=");
Serial.println(temp);
Serial.print("Humidity=");
Serial.println(humi);
Serial.print("Pressure=");
Serial.println(pres);
measureChirp();
}
//=============== CHIRP I2C FUNCTIONS ===============
// Write to Chirp! register
void writeI2CRegister8bit(int addr, int value) {
Wire.beginTransmission(addr);
Wire.write(value);
Wire.endTransmission();
}
// Read from Chirp! register
unsigned int readI2CRegister16bit(int addr, int reg) {
Wire.beginTransmission(addr);
Wire.write(reg);
Wire.endTransmission();
delay(1100);
Wire.requestFrom(addr, 2);
unsigned int t = Wire.read() << 8;
t = t | Wire.read();
return t;
}
// Switches Chirp! to monitor mode
bool switchChirp(){
i = 0;
pinMode(RESET_PIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(RESET_PIN, LOW);
delay(10);
digitalWrite(RESET_PIN, HIGH);
delay(100);
while(i < 20){
if(light <= 0){
writeI2CRegister8bit(0x20, 3);
delay(1000);
light = readI2CRegister16bit(0x20, 4);
delay(1000);
Serial.println(light);
} else {
Serial.println(light);
Serial.println("Chirp! device is now switched to monitor mode");
return true;
}
i++;
delay(100);
}
if(light < 0){
return false;
}
}
// Run measurement on Chirp! sensor load data to ligth and moisture variables
void measureChirp(){
Serial.print("Moisture=");
moisture = readI2CRegister16bit(0x20, 0);
Serial.println(moisture); //read capacitance register
if(moisture < 0) switchChirp();
writeI2CRegister8bit(0x20, 3); //request light measurement
Serial.print("Light=");
timer.setTimeout(10000, readLight);
terminal.print("MOIS:");
terminal.println(moisture);
terminal.flush();
}
void readLight(){
light = readI2CRegister16bit(0x20, 4);
Serial.println(light);
terminal.print("LGHT:");
terminal.println(light);
terminal.flush();
// After the light is returned data are sent to Blynk
sendData();
}
//=============== MAIN SETUP AND LOOP ===============
void setup()
{
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
// Debug console
terminal.println("Starting serial interface...");
Serial.begin(115200);
terminal.println("Connecting to WiFi...");
Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
terminal.println("ESP32 is in standby mode");
terminal.flush();
timer.setInterval(60000L, procesData);
// BME280 setup
Wire.begin(SDA_PIN, SCL_PIN);
// Switch Chirp! to monitor mode
if(!switchChirp()) Serial.println("Unable to switch to monitor mode");
// First measurement
measureBME280();
measureChirp();
}
void loop()
{
Blynk.run();
timer.run();
// You can inject your own code or combine it with other sketches.
// Check other examples on how to communicate with Blynk. Remember
// to avoid delay() function!
}
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Petr Lukáš

Application Software Developer, Performance and capacity reporting for IBM zSeries team, experimenting with home automation, sensors, Arduino and ESP

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