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Published February 14, 2025

UtoFarm Hub: Efficient and Realiable Farming

Our goal is to enhance urban farming with sustainable tech, optimizing resources, reducing costs, and boosting productivity efficiently.

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UtoFarm Hub: Efficient and Realiable Farming

Things used in this project

Hardware components

M5Stack FIRE IoT Development Kit (PSRAM 2.0)

M5Stack Earth Module Grove Compatible Soil monitoring

M5Stack ENV III Unit with Temperature Humidity Air Pressure Sensor (SHT30+QMP6988)

SG90 Micro-servo motor

M5Stack Dlight Unit - Ambient Light Sensor (BH1750FVI-TR)

M5Stack CardKB Mini Keyboard Unit MEGA328P GROVE Port

Software apps and online services

M5Stack Uiflow

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Scissor, Electrician

Hot glue gun (generic)

Tape, Scotch

Story

Background:While Exploring solutions to sustainable technology in Urban farming, We thought of ways to help enhance the experience of farming for Urban farmers by targeting the problems farmers typically experience.Our Reaserch shows that Cost of operations, Limited Space and Inconsistent weather Greatly affects the growth of farms. To address issues, we develop an automated self-watering and light system that helps farmers monitor their crops 24/7 and enhance growth of crops. We do so by:- 24/7 monitoring of moisture of soil, temperature and light exposure - Motors turning the valve for water to drip onto the soil when moisture is too low for the crops.- Motors turning the translucent shade hovering over the plant when the light exposure is too high causing the plant to dry out.- Enabling UV light for plants for a few hours during the night.

Objectives:we aim to build a product to enhance urban farming experience through automation. Thus, enhancing plant growth while reducing labor requirements.Poster:

Prototype:

1 / 3 • Top Side Angle

Youtube Demo:

Link => https://youtu.be/Hn9A8DcZrdI

Code

from m5stack import *
from m5ui import *
from uiflow import *
import unit

setScreenColor(0x222222)
servo_0 = unit.get(unit.SERVO, unit.PORTA)
earth_0 = unit.get(unit.EARTH, unit.PORTB)


Waterlevel = None
Moisture = None



label1 = M5TextBox(12, 18, "MOISTURE", lcd.FONT_Default, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
image1 = M5Img(110, 100, "res/default.jpg", True)
moisturecondition = M5TextBox(146, 213, "Text", lcd.FONT_Default, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
label7 = M5TextBox(119, 82, "MOISTURE", lcd.FONT_Default, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
moisture = M5TextBox(257, 17, "Text", lcd.FONT_Default, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)




servo_0.write_angle(60)
while True:
  Moisture = int((earth_0.analogValue))
  moisture.setText(str(Moisture))
  if Moisture >= 50 and Moisture <= 800:
    servo_0.write_angle(60)
    moisturecondition.setText('Okay')
    image1.changeImg("res/Comfortable.png")
    rgb.setColorAll(0x33ff33)
  elif Moisture > 800:
    moisturecondition.setText('High')
    servo_0.write_angle(60)
    image1.changeImg("res/Comfortable.png")
    rgb.setColorAll(0x00cccc)
  elif Moisture < 50:
    moisturecondition.setText('Low')
    servo_0.write_angle(150)
    image1.changeImg("res/Comfortable.png")
    speaker.tone(1800, 100)
    rgb.setColorAll(0xff0000)
  wait_ms(2)

from m5stack import *
from m5ui import *
from uiflow import *
import time
import unit

setScreenColor(0x222222)
light_2 = unit.get(unit.LIGHT, unit.PORTB)
servo_1 = unit.get(unit.SERVO, unit.PORTA)
env2_0 = unit.get(unit.ENV2, unit.PORTA)


Angle = None



label0 = M5TextBox(21, 6, "Light Level:", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
image0 = M5Img(31, 88, "res/default.jpg", True)
label1 = M5TextBox(60, 53, "Text", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
label2 = M5TextBox(39, 207, "Text", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
label3 = M5TextBox(184, 6, "Temperature:", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
label4 = M5TextBox(230, 52, "Text", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)
image1 = M5Img(205, 88, "res/default.jpg", True)
label5 = M5TextBox(229, 207, "Text", lcd.FONT_DejaVu18, 0xFFFFFF, rotate=0)




while True:
  label1.setText(str(light_2.analogValue))
  label4.setText(str(env2_0.temperature))
  if (light_2.analogValue) >= 1000:
    label2.setText('Too bright!')
    image0.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
    servo_1.write_angle(90)
    speaker.tone(1800, 200)
    wait_ms(100)
  elif (light_2.analogValue) <= 250:
    label2.setText('Too dark!')
    image0.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
    rgb.setColorAll(0x330033)
    wait_ms(100)
    rgb.setColorAll(0x000099)
  else:
    label1.setText(str(light_2.analogValue))
    label2.setText('All good!')
    image0.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
    rgb.setColorAll(0x000000)
    servo_1.write_angle(0)
  if (env2_0.temperature) >= 21 and (env2_0.temperature) <= 32:
    label5.setText('All good!')
    image1.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
  elif (env2_0.temperature) < 21:
    label5.setText('too cold!')
    image1.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
  elif (env2_0.temperature) > 32:
    label5.setText('too hot!')
    image1.changeImg("res/default.jpg")
  wait_ms(2)

UtoFarm Hub: Efficient and Realiable Farming