I designed and 3D printed this smart pot primarily for bench top herb gardens and indoor ornamental plants.

The smart pot automatically waters the plant whenever moisture drops below the configurable threshold.

It has built in waterproof capacitive soil moisture sensor, peristaltic pump, arduino nano as the brains of it, LCD display, and buttons for adjusting the settings.

As much as possible is hidden inside the pot and the cartridge, so the finished product looks neat and tidy sitting on a bench.

All the code and STL files are already available on GitHub for anyone who wants to build one. The plan is to open source everything.

The code and designs are modular so should allow for remixing and customising, and even reusing parts of it for completely different projects. The irrigator cartridge on the side can be easily removed and swapped for other devices, or customised versions.

I'm publishing info about the project including links to code and STL files (on GitHub) on this page: https://ultiblox.org/devices/smart-pot/

Parts list and assembly instructions are coming soon.

I'd like to get feedback, ideas, suggestions, and it would be great to see how people customise and remix it.

What ideas do you have for the next version of the smart pot? Does anyone want to build one? Let me know if you need some guidance.