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Soil Moisture Sensors and Digital Agriculture for IoT - Episode 1

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Overview

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This beginner course demonstrates how to measure soil moisture for digital agriculture using a capacitive sensor and Raspberry Pi. It covers sensor communication interfaces, wireless IoT protocols, programming considerations, and calibration.

Syllabus

- Intro
- IoT for Beginners, a free 24 lesson IoT curriculum - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners
- Catch the previous series - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners-videos
- Get the kits from Seeed Studio - https://aka.ms/iot-beginners-kits
- Introduction to Digital Agriculture
- Why do plants need water?
- Soil moisture sensors
- Hands on with a soil moisture sensor and a Raspberry Pi
- What is GPIO?
- What is I2C Inter Integrated Circuit?
- What is UART?
- What is SPI?
- Wireless IoT communication protocols
- What programming language should you use for IoT for Beginners?
- Calibrating IoT sensors

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