FuPlanter - Garden Monitor - Weather, Ground Moisture, Plant Growth
Please read Project Overview Project_Overview.pdf for more details.
Twitter Overview: https://twitter.com/FuPlanter
Photo upload: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125695156@N08/
Weather Station Data: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ITHURING3
Picture of the Prototype: https://goo.gl/photos/ya9PyC1QEwmJoXnf7
Setting up the Raspberry Pi for remote control and needed libaries:
sudo apt-get install update
sudo apt-get install upgrade
sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-imaging-tk python-pip python-dev git
sudo pip install spidev
sudo pip install wiringpi
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
sudo pip install tweepy
pip install apscheduler==2.1.2
easy_install flickrapi
Setting up the Sensors:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
Comment out the spi-bcm2708 line:
#blacklist spi-bcm2708
Then run this to make it more permanent.
sudo modprobe spi-bcm2708
Command for Input promt to get VNC connection
vncserver :1