Kitronik Prong Soil Moisture Sensor for BBC micro:bit

Name: Kitronik Prong Soil Moisture Sensor for BBC micro:bit
Brand: Kitronik
SKU: KIT-5647
Price: 3.30 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

by Kitronik

The Prong soil moisture sensor for micro:bit is a sensor board that can be directly mounted to a micro:bit to monitor the moisture present in soil.

The two conductive tines are placed into the soil. Any water or moisture in the soil will conduct to give an analogue voltage that can be read by the micro:bit.

Prong is powered from the 3V supply of the BBC micro:bit. Use either the USB or JST connector on the BBC micro:bit to power the circuit. Prong and the BBC micro:bit can also be powered from the Mi:Power board to create a compact stand alone unit.

The board has been designed so that the BBC micro:bit can be bolted on using 3 x M3 nuts and 3 x M3 screws. Place the screws through the P1, 3V and GND holes of the PCB and micro:bit, then use the M3 nuts to fasten together on the back of micro:bit. Alternatively croc-clips can be used to connect between the Prong and the micro:bit.

If using the Mi:Power board then additionally connecting P0 means the micro:bit can sound an alarm if the soil becomes too dry.

When fitted to the Prong moisture sensor, the micro:bit can be coded via any of the micro:bit editors, such as the Microsoft MakeCode editor.

Note: To ensure that the Prong moisture sensor has a long and fulfilling life, it is better to write your code to perform a moisture check every so often rather than continuously. When the check is performed continuously it promotes rapid erosion of the electrodes.

Features:

Measure soil moisture levels.
Attaches directly to the microbit.
Use in conjunction with the Mi:Power board to provide power and an audible alarm.
Code with any microbit coding editor.

Dimensions:

Length: 68mm.
Height: 53mm.
PCB Thickness: 1.6mm.

Requires:

1 x micro:bit

Resources:

Datasheet

The Prong soil moisture sensor for micro:bit is a sensor board that can be directly mounted to a micro:bit to monitor the moisture present in soil.

KIT-5647

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SKU

KIT-5647

EAN

660902514557

Brand

Kitronik

Stock available

0 units
Backorder not allowed on this product

Weight

11g

Kitronik Prong Soil Moisture Sensor for BBC micro:bit

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