Questions tagged [soil]
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Co-application of DC field and Microwave Irradiation on Soil
I am attempting to design/enhance a system which applies direct current to a soil for the electro-kinetic remediation of organic/metal contamination. My current plan is to try enhancing conventional EK-treatment by concurrently heating the soil…
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Soil moisture sensor interface protocol
I want to get some measurements from a soil using a simple soil moisture sensor like this one:
It has an analog output proportional to soil moisture.
The goal is to send the measurements through Sub-1GHz to a gateway.
In order to avoid an…
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How much soil does it take to make a viable earth ground?
My device lives in the soil, in a flower pot, or other garden container. It is about 16" long, has a 40-50mm diameter and runs on 5VDC. My question, how much soil does it take to develop a viable earth ground? If that kind of volume will sink…
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Grove capacitance soil moisture sensor
I have a Grove soil moisture sensor that works, but I have trouble understanding how the sensor actually works.
I think the circuit starts with the 555 timer, that outputs a 487 kHz wave (R1 = 1.5K, R2 = 2.4K & C = 0.47 nF) to the positieve plate of…
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How do I heat a wire around a pot to heat up the soil within
Basically, I'm trying to replicate the effects of a heat mat for soil but I want it to be variable. I'm trying to heat up the soil inside of a pot. The setup I'm imagining is some form of wire (thinking copper) coiled around a clay pot. The…
