A Cloud-Based Sprinkler Controller
The common sprinkler controllers available today come with a number of problems:
- Power failure requires setting time and program
- Programming the controller is cryptic
- Batteries are toxic/ewaste
- Owner must set to rain, and remember to set back to watering
- Controller does not adjust watering based on temeperature or wind
The Internet overcomes these problems. By adding wifi to a sprinkler controller:
- After a power failure, the controller wakes up, joins the network, gets the current time, and recovers its program
- Programming the controller is easy using an intuitive web page
- No batteries required
- Switching to rain and back is automatic
- Controller can adjust watering based on temeperature or wind
This is an IoT project