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About Elecrow   

 
Established in 2014, Elecrow is devoted to the open source hardware industry. We 
have helped thousands of innovators produce custom PCB and PCBA boards.We 
are dedicated to  providing millions of electronic modules for industrial application 
and STEAM education.   
 
Our mission is to build long-term relationship with our customers and provide 
exceptional customer services by pursuing business through innovation and 
advanced technology.   

Welcome message 

Thanks for purchasing 

Elecrow’s Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit! 

You made 

your first step towards protecting your  beautiful plants  without the hassle of 
remembering to water your plants.   
 

Introduction 

This document is divided in  seven  sections.  The first section lists the 

Automatic 

Smart Plant Watering Kit

  features. The second describes what is in the box.    It 

identifies the different components included in the kit, including a brief description of 
each component and what they are used for. 
 
The  third section provides an overview of how the system works.  The next  one 
describes how to install and configure  the  Arduino IDE. The fifth section explains 
how to upload the Arduino program in the Arduino Leonardo controller integrated in 
the  Smart  Pump Board. The sixth  section describes  how  to assemble the 
components and powering the system for the first time. 
 
The final section contains troubleshooting guides and how to reach out to us in the 
rare case you experience problems not described in the section. 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit

Page 1: ...omatic Smart Plant Watering Kit F building 8 floor Fusen Industry Park Phone 86 13450435429 GushuHangcheng road Bao an Ave Web www elecrow com Shenzhen city Twitter Elecrow1 China 518126 Facebook Elec...

Page 2: ...Introduction 2 Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit features 3 What s included in the Box 4 System Operation Overview 7 Arduino IDE installation and configuration 8 Uploading the program into the Smart...

Page 3: ...le of remembering to water your plants Introduction This document is divided in seven sections The first section lists the Automatic Smart Plant Watering Kit features The second describes what is in t...

Page 4: ...nd play components Say goodbye to messy jumpers and wire Easy to assemble components anyone can do it 5 Watering control for up to 4 plants with one kit 6 One power supply to power all the components...

Page 5: ...Smart Pump Board Qty 1 This is the brain of the kit It reads information from the humidity sensors and decides which plant needs water and activates the right components to achieve this 2 Power Suppl...

Page 6: ...r way valve allows watering individual plants 5 Four way Water Valve Qty 1 Each valve has an input and output The input takes water from a single water output from the five way water pipe but only all...

Page 7: ...pipe 7 Soil Humidity Sensors Qty 4 These sensors measure the humidity in the soil and based on their readings the Smart Pump Board decides if the plant needs water or not 8 Cables Qty 4 Each cable is...

Page 8: ...to the water pump This energizes the water pump by sending 12volts DC from the power supply to the water pump b The water pump will take water from the source into the input valve and sends it with a...

Page 9: ...ttps www arduino cc download_handler php f arduino 1 8 9 macosx zip To verify if there is a newer version o Visit the Arduino website at https www arduino cc en Main Software o Locate the Download the...

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Page 11: ...Plant Watering Kit Page 10 4 Connect the Smart Pump Board to your computer system Attach the micro usb side of the cable to the Smart Pump Board Connect the other end of the usb cable to an usb port i...

Page 12: ...unicate with it To do so select Tools Port and select the COM port that indicates Arduino Leonardo Please note that the actual numbers after the COM word will vary from computer to computer so they co...

Page 13: ...Watering_kit_library zip and extract it Copy it to the file libraries in the arduino IDE file i e D Program Files x86 Arduino libraries 2 Download the Program Download the program at https www elecrow...

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Page 15: ...rd Click the to upload the code Assembling the components Note For an overview of the process please watch this YouTube video 1 Attach the cable to the Soil Humidity Sensors as shown in the figure Rep...

Page 16: ...water source height Second cut water pump output to five way valve input depends on how you locate the plants Third cut 4 pieces for the output valves in the five way valve to the input of the four w...

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Page 18: ...and divide them to 6 parts Make sure the pipe that goes inside the water source will be long enough to reach the water We ll connect 2 of the pipes to the pump one sucks the water from the water sourc...

Page 19: ...ply directly The shield will split the power between the Leonardo and the other devices That way the Leonardo will get 5V while the pump and the switch will get 12V Troubleshooting Your Elecrow Arduin...

Page 20: ...to the actual cost of repairs and will not cover shipping costs or any consequential damages resulting from failure of the unit or its components to perform as stated All warranty work must be done by...

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