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Upload these lines of code to the Arduino via the computer
Upload these lines of code to the Arduino via the computer


[[File:Arduino-plant-code.png|400px]]   
[[File:Arduino-plant-code.png|400px]]
The Arduino code can be found at https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant/blob/master/PlantArduino/PlantArduino.ino  




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The processing software can be found at https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant/tree/master/PlantProcessing   
The processing sketch can be found at https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant/tree/master/PlantProcessing   




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[https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant github.com/arjan/talkingplant]
The Arduino and Processing [https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant github.com/arjan/talkingplant]





Revision as of 22:54, 14 December 2015

Give your plants a voice! To make your plant tweet when it needs water you need the following:

  • Plant
  • Arduino; the microcontroller, a small computer you can program.
  • Computer
  • Some electronic parts for a simple circuit
  • Arduino software
  • Processing software
  • Internet connection
  • Twitter account


Step 1

Connect your plant via a simple circuit to an Arduino.

Arduino-plant.png


Step 2

Upload these lines of code to the Arduino via the computer

Arduino-plant-code.png The Arduino code can be found at https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant/blob/master/PlantArduino/PlantArduino.ino


Step 3

Run the processing software on the computer.

Processing.png

The processing sketch can be found at https://github.com/arjan/talkingplant/tree/master/PlantProcessing


Step 4

Water your plant in case it tweets Hey man I'm thirsty as hell #watermeplease.


The Arduino and Processing github.com/arjan/talkingplant