The Chirp! Plant Watering Alarm monitors soil moisture and alerts you when it's time to water, helping keep houseplants healthy while also offering I2C connectivity for custom monitoring and automation projects.
Let's be honest - the hardest part about owning a houseplant is not killing it. And the hardest part about not killing your houseplant, at least for us, is remembering to water it.
The Chirp! Plant Watering Alarm is a new device from wemakethings that helps extend the life of your plant by reminding you to water it.
It's really simple to use. You just stick the inconspicuous black PCB into your plant's soil with a CR2032 battery in it, click the button on the back to set the "dry point," then water your precious houseplant. The device then senses the moisture in your soil and "chirps" through a piezo whenever your plant reaches that dry point again - reminding you that your plant is thirsty!
This product does not come with a CR2032 battery.
That's just the basic function of the device. It's also completely hackable and customizable - connect to it over I2C to interact with your Chirp! and log light and moisture data for ultimate houseplant control. Or be creative and come up with a bunch of cool plant hacks.
For more info on how the Chirp! works, check out their informative website. The moisture sensor is also entirely open source and code and schematics are available here.
Features
Soil moisture sensor with audio alert reminder when plant needs watering
Simple setup – insert into soil and set dry point threshold
Inconspicuous black PCB design
Operates on CR2032 battery (not included)
I2C compatible for data logging and customisation
Tracks light and moisture levels
Fully hackable and open source – code and schematics available
