The capstone project was an automated hydroponics system which turned on the LED light array and turned on the sprinklers on a timer with each plant type having its own specific timer. This project was conducted as part of a team with each member providing various contributions. Personal contribution was to program the microcontroller used to control the lighting and watering systems and receive environmental data using a temperature sensor.
The system was controlled using an Arduino UNO microcontroller to receive data from the sensor and control relay array. The microcontroller also controlled the UI using an LCD panel and had switches to allow the user to modify the preset timer and temperature data. Code was written in Arduino proprietary programming language (C based), debugged and deployed.