This week I received all of the parts that we ordered, and was able to start building the physical greenhouse. I was able to put together the greenhouse shelf and connected the temperature sensor and soil moisture sensor to the ESP32 board. I also installed the Arduino IDE and the necessary sensor libraries on my laptop and was able to successfully upload some code to the ESP32 board to read the sensor readings. I haven’t touched the light intensity sensor since it needs to be soldered.
Also, we spent some time this week starting to write the design review report. I wrote the abstract, introduction, and design requirements, and currently in the process of writing the system specifications for the hardware subsystem.
Overall, I think I am on schedule, but would’ve liked to have the soldering/relay wiring done this week. I’m hoping that I can get a time slot early next week in the labs to solder/wire the relays. Once I get all of the sensors connected, I will try getting the sensor data sent to AWS over wifi. I will also be finishing up the design review report next week with my teammates.