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title: "Plant a seed and watch it grow… (Part 1: background to the original fuzzy plant watering system)"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/rena/projects/Plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-Part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system/"
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type: "UCC: User Created Content"
author: "rena"
original_author: "rena"
original_url: "https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Wiznet_WIZ811MJ_Ethernet_Module"
published: "2022-03-28"
language: "en"
hardware: ["Arduino Mega", "WIZnet WIZ811MJ", "L293D DC Motor driver", "Grove Moisture sensor from SeeedStudio", "AM2302 (wired DHT22)"]
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# Plant a seed and watch it grow… (Part 1: background to the original fuzzy plant watering system)

> Plant a seed and watch it grow… (Part 1: background to the original fuzzy plant watering system)

Original author: rena (source: https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Wiznet_WIZ811MJ_Ethernet_Module)

## Components

- **Arduino Mega** x 1
- **WIZnet WIZ811MJ** x 1 ([docs](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/ioModule/wiz811mj))
- **L293D DC Motor driver** x 1
- **Grove Moisture sensor from SeeedStudio** x 1
- **AM2302 (wired DHT22)** x 1

## Article

- [Introduction](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_Introduction)

- [Proof of Concept design](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_Proof_of_Concept_design)
  - [The Remote Unit (Fuzzy Plant Monitor)](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Remote_Unit_Fuzzy_Plant_Monitor)
    - [The Wiznet (WIZ811MJ) Ethernet Module](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Wiznet_WIZ811MJ_Ethernet_Module)
    - [The L293D DC Motor driver](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_L293D_DC_Motor_driver)
    - [The Sensors](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Sensors)
    - [The Water Pump](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Water_Pump)
    - [The Code](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Code)
  - [The Local Server (Raspberry Pi) and Cloud (Platform as a Service)](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Local_Server_Raspberry_Pi_and_Cloud_Platform_as_a_Service)

- [Following on...](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_Following_on)

Original Link: [Plant a seed and watch it grow... (Part 1: background to the original fuzzy plant watering system)](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/remote-monitoring-control-devices/b/blog/posts/plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system#jive_content_id_The_Wiznet_WIZ811MJ_Ethernet_Module)

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/rena/projects/Plant-a-seed-and-watch-it-grow-Part-1-background-to-the-original-fuzzy-plant-watering-system/