Internet of Things: Exactum Greenhouse
Year | Semester | Date | Period | Language | In charge |
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2014 | summer | 02.06-14.07. | 5-5 | English | Samu Varjonen |
Lectures
Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
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Mon 10-13 | D234 | Samu Varjonen | 02.06.2014-09.06.2014 |
Mon 10-13 | D234 | Samu Varjonen | 23.06.2014-14.07.2014 |
General
Due to the high amount of interest on taking this course, we have arranged a qualifying selection to ensure the learning experience is meaningful for all. All participants have now been notified of the results.
Exactum Greenhouse is located in the rooftop of our building. There will be plants in the greenhouse that require constant attention and therefore we need an advanced monitoring system that keeps track of the greenhouse's environmental conditions. On this creative Internet of Things -course, you will participate in setting up a sensor network that produces data for a web-based dashboard for gardeners. And more.
Topics you can choose to learn on this intensive project course include (but are not limited to):
- Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel Galileo, Piratebus, NFC/RFID
- Testing and installation of hardware components and sensors
- Design and 3D printing of mounting parts (pic below)
- If you are intrested in web programming, the dashboard design and implementation is the project for you. You can choose to use any web development frameworks you are already familiar with, including D3, Node, Angular, Rails, etc. It's your call to design the application architecture.
Parts list for the course (will be amended as we get more options)
n x DS18B20 temperature sensors. Some sensors are also pre-installed to the greenhouse.
1 x MPU6050 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer breakout board
1 x Texas Instruments SensorTag
1 x Grove system base shield version 1.3
1 x Grove Dust sensor
1 x Grove humidity and temperature pro sensor
1 x Grove air quality sensor
1 x Grove Gas sensor (MQ9)
1 x Grove HCHO sensor
6 x Intel Galileos
2 x Arduino Uno
1x Arduino Lilypad
n x photovoltaic sensors
1 x 433.92 Mhz receiver/transmitter set
3 x 433.92 Mhz Nexa remote swithches
2 x Bus Pirate
1 x 16x2 LCD display
1 x Rasberry Pi with WiFi dongle
We also have a small budget on buying sensors, servos and other components. Ask more: samu.varjonen (-.-) cs.helsinki.fi and hanna.maenpaa (^^)@ cs.helsinki.fi
Completing the course
Schedule
Weekly meetings every Monday at 10-12.00, room D234. Attending is required.
Week | Meeting | Topic | Deliverables |
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1 | 2.6. | Getting familiar with the technology |
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2 | 9.6. | Meeting the gardener | |
3 | 16.6. | implementation |
Early prototypes |
4 | 23.6. | ... | |
5 | 30.6 | Integration and testing | |
6 | 7.7. | ... | |
7 | 14.7. | Final demo |
Literature and material
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/greenhouseproject/
Exactum Camera shows a live videostream of the greenhouse.
Scientific material:
Implementation and Evaluation of a Wired Data Center Sensor Network
Greenhouse CFD simulation for searching the sensors optimal placements
Communities:
Internet of Things Meetup community
Next meeting on 28th May. Might be interesting and fun to attend before the course!