Concept Art: Seedling Nursery

            So this isn't what you weren't expecting I suppose. What I'm doing right now is something that I haven't planned for, but just doing it: I'm making an automated Seedling Nursery. This is completely out of my field because I used to do coding and all of that software goodness, but now I'm doing both software and hardware. I'm great at software, but my pet peeve is doing something that is hardware-related. So I'm stepping out of my safe zone and doing whatnot. 

        I've purchased an Arduino Starter Kit which is expensive, but worth it with all the parts in one neat little package. Step by step, I'm learning how to properly use an Arduino Uno, a Breadboard (And as my pet peeve is doing something hardware, the Breadboard is inconceivable for me), etc. It's quite interesting, and I'm determined in order to reach my set end goal. Right now, I've been working on both Arduino and the concept art. And the concept art is... on par.

This is my first time drawing concept art. And it's pretty bad, but it gets the point across. The 2 main parts are the growbed, and the irrigation system. I'll first talk about the growbed, and then the irrigation system.

Growbed:

The growbed consists of 2 moisture sensors, an Arduino Uno (With probably a shell I'll make), with wires, and stilts to hold the pipes up. The Arduino is the brain of the nursery, and it tells the irrigation system when to water and how much. This is all done by the moisture sensors detecting whether or not it should be watered, checking once every 3 hours.

Irrigation system:

It uses water pressure to push out water, through holes in the pipes, which waters the plants on time. The pipe loops around back into the bucket, where inside there is a 5v water pump with a battery. Every week, the water has to be drained, the bucket cleaned and then refilled with new water.

This looks pretty low budget, but this is my equivalent of a Mark I. In the future, I'll be diving deeper into a larger budget and more complex plans. For now, this will do.