Old Final Project¶
Initial Final Project¶
This is the setup for my inital final project that will later be changed. My final project documentation starts at “Change in Final Project.”
Why I Changed¶
I decided to change my final project because I felt as thought the flower pot was not a thing I was all that interested in and I felt that it was overused as a final project overall. I also realized that the project would be more heavily coding oriented and I wasn’t sure if I would be prepared enough to code the project in the early weeks so that I wouldn’t have too much to do near the end. I feel as thougnh the new final project idea or be more enjoyable for me as well.
Explanation¶
My final project is a flower pot that has the ability to mostly sustain itself while remaining discreet. It will be able to detect the soil moisture values, temperature, and water amount. Based on these readings, the flower pot will automatically water itself, inform you of a bad location of the flower pot, and tell you if the water tank needs to be refilled. It would be able to do all of this while still looking like a normal flower pot so nobody except yourself would know the wiser.
What I Will Need¶
Design Iterations¶
Inital Design¶
This first outline of my project was very simple and only gave me the dimensions for each compartment and the entire flower pot itself. I originally planned for the shape of the flower pot to be a rectangular prism.
First Redesign¶
I wanted to be able to have ease of access to each compartment to the flower pot. I wanted a twist on and off like design so I decided to change the shape of the flower pot to be a cylinder. I also switched the location of the water compartment and the electronics compartment so that the wires of the electronics compartment didn’t have to (somehow) move through the water compartment to get readings from the soil.
CAD Designs¶
All Compartments¶
This file on Fusion 360 included the plans for every compartment of the flower pot. This design also included the twist on and off feature that I wanted to be included in the flower pot so that each compartment can be easily taken off and reassembaled if needed.