Renesas Electronics Corporation

Automatic Plant Watering System

Renesas' automatic watering system reference design is for large fields of plants and crops

Image of Renesas' Automatic Plant Watering SystemRenesas' reference design for automatic watering systems for large plant and crop fields uses a combination of moisture sensors and bistatic water valves per plant. It is controlled by a Bluetooth® (BT) mesh network and powered by energy harvesting. The communications system consists of BT low power nodes, BT mesh routers, and an optional edge router for IoT connectivity.

Features
  • No wiring
  • No complex routing setup
  • Option for remote visualization/control via IoT connection to LTE-M
Published: 2021-09-09

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