You're reading from DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists The ultimate project-based guide to building real-world embedded applications in C and C++ programming

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564138

Length 320 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

ARM Cortex

Concepts

Microcontroller

Authors (2):

Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz

Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microcontroller Boards

2. Chapter 2: Software Setup and C Programming for Microcontroller Boards FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Turning an LED On or Off Using a Push Button

4. Chapter 4: Measuring the Amount of Light with a Photoresistor

5. Chapter 5: Humidity and Temperature Measurement

6. Chapter 6: Morse Code SOS Visual Alarm with a Bright LED

7. Chapter 7: Creating a Clap Switch

8. Chapter 8: Gas Sensor

9. Chapter 9: IoT Temperature-Logging System

10. Chapter 10: IoT Plant Pot Moisture Sensor

11. Chapter 11: IoT Solar Energy (Voltage) Measurement

12. Chapter 12: COVID-19 Digital Body Temperature Measurement (Thermometer)

13. Chapter 13: COVID-19 Social-Distancing Alert

14. Chapter 14: COVID-19 20-Second Hand Washing Timer

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Technical requirements

The hardware components that will be needed to develop the plant pot moisture system are listed as follows:

One solderless breadboard.
One Blue Pill microcontroller board.
One NodeMCU microcontroller.
One ST-Link/V2 electronic interface, needed for uploading the compiled code to the Blue Pill board. Bear in mind that the ST-Link/V2 interface requires four female-to-female jumper wires.
One soil moisture sensor.
One ESP8266 Wi-Fi module.
Male-to-male jumper wires.
Power source.

These components can be easily obtained from your favorite supplier. Additionally, you will require the Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) and the GitHub repository for this chapter, which can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/DIY-Microcontroller-Projects-for-Hobbyists/tree/master/Chapter10

The Code in Action video for this chapter can be found here: https://bit.ly/3d9CmNM

The next section presents an introduction...