Building a wireless soil moisture sensor to control garden irrigation by using Home Assistant #1

In this video I explain one of my current projects. I would like to build and use wireless soil mositure sensors in the garden outside, to control the irrigation.
Everything should be integrated into my house automatization which is based on KNX in combination with Home Assistant.
00:00 Teaser
00:24 About the project
02:28 Timeline
03:11 Selection of soil moisture sensors
05:07 Selection of ESP boards
06:49 Preparing the hardware
11:45 Integration into Home Assistant
21:04 Visualization in Grafana
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CODE
github.com/Chri5At/soil_moist...
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PARTS
Sparkfun ESP32 Thing: www.sparkfun.com/products/13907
AZ Delivery ESP32 (affiliate link): amzn.to/42xUedL
DF Robot Firebeetle ESP8266 (affiliate link): amzn.to/3HSmX3v
DF Robot Firebeetle ESP32: thepihut.com/products/firebee...
Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor: thepihut.com/products/capacit...
DFR Soil Moisture Sensor v1: thepihut.com/products/gravity...
DFR Soil Moisture Sensor v2: thepihut.com/products/gravity...
AZ Delivery Battery Shield (affiliate link): amzn.to/3OA5UqA
INA3221 Board (affiliate link): amzn.to/3waUofj
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[@creativemakerat]

Sorry guys, I'm unfortunately behind schedule with the second part of the video. I should be finished by Thursday next week.

[@ArnodeLange]

really want to know what the best board is

[@luisillo26]

Waiting for the next drop of this project, thanks for all the details on your explanations.

[@byurhanbeyzat]

Can't wait for the second part

[@CookieTube]

Very nice video. Can't wait for the next chapters.....
But MAJOR TIP/REQUEST: *Would it be possible to lower your screen resolution when recording please!* Even at 1080p playback it is extremely hard to follow along as the recorded resolution is much much too high (and thus texts, menus, etc way too small, even on 1080p playback). It is even completely impossible to see the GUIs and code on tablets with lower resolutions.
PS: I wouldn't mind even more detailed/longer videos though 😉

[@suprep2245]

Also waiting for whenever you are ready...

[@kherhitesh]

Nice video , also i am waitng next part

[@sachader]

Thanks for a great video, it is helping me a so much in finding out which hardware to use at home for my set up (indoor and outdoor plants). I look very much forward to your follow-up video. I especially like that you are comparing multiple boards and sensros, and also appreciate the structure of the video (distinct chapters and also sharing the various requirements in the way that you do). Thank you for all the effort you put into this!

[@creativemakerat]

Hello. Thank you for the nice feedback. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind schedule with my second episode on the topic - but I should be done with it in two weeks ;-)

[@gsmivo3285]

I look forward to part 2 and I rarely post a comment but you asked for it at the end and I decided to leave a comment which you are reading right now. the end

[@creativemakerat]

Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.

[@davemeiser521]

Please keep this gowing

[@LarsMelzer]

sehr spannendes Projekt - ich möchte mir auch sowas basteln, verstehe aber noch nicht alle Punkte. Eventuell helfen dann die weiteren oder andere Videos. Ich bleibe auf jeden Fall dran 🙂

[@creativemakerat]

Hallo Lars, freut mich, wenn dir mein Projekt gefällt :-)

[@LarsMelzer]

@@creativemakerat kennst Du den Kanal Matthias Schwaighofer Art? Ist ein Landsmann von Dir (Innsbruck). In die Community 3D Druckbegeisterter würdest Du gut reinpassen. Gruß Lars

[@rufus4779]

Thank you for your video. Very informative.
Question: Did you consider using the Seeed Xiao ESP32S3 or ESP32C3? If so, why didn't you test it as well. Just curious as I am in the process of building my own capacitive based garden monitor and am in the board testing phase. I have the exact same boards plus a Seeed Xiao ESP32S3.

[@creativemakerat]

I'm glad you like it. In fact, I received the relatively new ESP32-C6 board from Df Robot a few days ago. I will include this in the comparison in my next video on this topic.
I don't know Seeed Xiao's boards. In your opinion, what would be the advantages of the S3 or C3 boards? Many thanks for your suggestions!