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The project is designed to make everyone can plant food in their own kitchen using modular, beautiful and simple devices.
For a long time, I have always liked my own dishes, so I have been looking for a business unit, let me specifically vegetables, herbs and micro-green / sprouts in four seasons. I found that commercial products lack of control and closed features in the lack of their proprietary seed / park / module, so I can't plant products you want in accordance with their own will.
It uses Peltier-driven wine cooler to enter the growth room and control it by simple Arduino. The liquid crystal display can display related parameters (or alerts).
The device can control temperature, monitor the humidity and soil humidity of all plants. Simple LED spotlights provide sufficient light.
I hope that this open source version will inspire others to grow their own food at home, and cultivate what you can self-sufficient.
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Design original intention
I always want to make my own food in the room, but Canada's winter makes me a desire. I tried several basic DIY methods and then purchased Aerogarden business desktop equipment. They have proprietary CF (compact fluorescent lamps), but because there is no temperature control, it is semi-closed, only proprietary "seed pods" can be planted.
I think there should be a better way and start making your own kitchen countertop garden in the fall of 2014. I only use a fully enclosed (insulated) wine cabinet and control it through a basic Arduino to achieve the purpose of planting.
This device allows any growth medium, all parameters (such as temperature, lighting, etc.) are controllable. There is no need to add special chemicals or fertilizers. Just need to have some counter space in your kitchen or home.
The elements I used in the past were more obvious, and they needed them to be placed in the idle room. But with this housing and toned glass doors, most of the light remains in the equipment, and there is no interference to daily life is the function I want.
Considering that they have never been designed for "growth lamp", the initial LEDs I have used are far better than expected. These settings can be easily changed for any business "growth" light with multiple colors / wavelengths.
In 2014/2015, I have tested a variety of optimization methods, but it seems that you can't get rid of the original basil plant.
But basil plants are not the most ideal planting type. The best solution is to use trays, plant all kinds of vegetables and herbs. Use radish, fine chives, mustard sauce, and more other mixtures, they can make excellent salad while maintaining lush growth indoors.
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This is 14 days old lettuce. I hope this device can be "at home" in any kitchen. By using wine cabinet this is a bit "classic" design, I believe I can achieve goals. I really like this exterior of this slightly fashionable and unique device.
The project is published in full open source, hoping to help others use this design and code to promote self-maintenance of self-maintenance in sustainable future.
Component list:
Quantity component name
1 × KOOLATron 8 bottle of red wine cabinets
1 × Arduino nanometer
1 × Nokia 5110 LCD screen
1 × DHT-11 temperature and humidity sensor
1 × real-time clock module
1 × soil moisture sensor
1 × basic relay module
1 × 12V LED spotlight (2 pieces) 27W 6500K
1 × 120VAC to 12VDC power supply
1 × graphics 12V DC fan
1 × LED aluminum fins
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