Abstract
Smart farming is no longer a futuristic idea, it’s happening now! With the rise of IoT technology, microcontrollers and embedded devices are transforming ambitious ideas into working projects. This talk presents an IoT-enabled greenhouse system that collects environmental sensor data and turns it into real-time insights, all visualised through an Android app.
Maintaining optimal conditions for crop growth is no easy task, but by tracking key variables like soil moisture, pH, and CO₂, we lay the foundation for automation and precision farming. It’s a robust, remotely accessible system built with off-the-shelf components, a practical case study of modular Android dashboards for real-world environments.
This session will cover:
- How the system’s hardware and sensors are architected.
- The network setup and API server, routed via Cloudflare Tunnel.
- GitHub as a public data store for JSON snapshots.
- The Android app architecture for live dashboards and graphs.
- Key design decisions: caching, API fallback, and mobile UI.
- How you can build a similar system at home.
And voilà, no plant is left dehydrated!