Auto Plant Watering Kit for micro:bit

Do you want to build an auto plant watering system but don’t know where to start?

Or you are a teacher and wanted to help your students to build the auto plant watering system in the most effective way?

Get the RBT Auto Plant Watering project kit now!

This project kit comes with the new Maker Soil Moisture Sensor.

A capacitive moisture sensor which measures the soil moisture level by changing the probe capacitance and does not erode the sensor probe easily.

What can you learn from these lessons?

The Lesson Guide is written in simple language and comes with a step-by-step guide to make an auto plant watering system.

Download a PDF copy of the lesson guide by clicking the image or the wording below for FREE. 

Lesson Description

Lesson 1 : Hello!

• Introduction to micro:bit and MakeCode.

Lesson 2 : What’s the Soil Moisture Level?

• Display soil moisture level through micro:bit by using Maker Soil Moisture Sensor.

Lesson 3 : Dry? Moist? Or Wet?

• Monitor the soil moisture level and differentiate it between dry, moist and wet.

Lesson 4 : Water the Plant

• Turn on the water pump to water the plant when the soil is dry.

Lesson 5 : Servo Motor, Direct the Pipe!

• Control the direction of the water pipe by using a servo motor to water the plant thoroughly.

Additional Activities: Visualize Soil Moisture Level, Music On

• Plot a bar graph to show the soil moisture level and make the auto plant watering system to play melodies and sound notifications.

Wish to convert the auto plant watering system into an IoT project? We got you covered! 

You may select the IoT Version and upon completion of all the lessons in the booklet, you can proceed with this tutorial for the IoT version of the Auto Plant Watering Kit.

Step-by-step guide and demo video is provided for you to kick start on monitoring and controlling the auto plant watering system using your smartphone!

What’s in the box?

This product comes with 4 options now:

Auto Plant Watering Kit with microbit V2 included	Auto Plant Watering Kit without microbit	Auto Plant Watering Kit (IoT VERSION) with microbit V2 included	Auto Plant Watering Kit (IoT VERSION) without microbit

Auto Plant Watering Kit with microbit included

• 1x Lesson guide (English Version)
• 1x Maker Soil Moisture Sensor
• 1x REKA:BIT (with micro:bit V2)
• 1x Micro Submersible Water Pump DC 3V-5V with Pipe
• 1x Analog Micro Servo 9g (3V-6V) with servo horns and screws
• 1x Grove 4 Pin Buckled 50cm Cable
• 1x Servo Male - Female Extension Cable 30cm
• 1x 4xAA battery holder with DC plug
• 4x PKCELL Heavy Duty AA Battery
• 1x Tiny Phillips Screwdriver - Transparent
• 2x Popsicle stick
• 3x Cable Ties
• 2x Double Sided Tapes

Auto Plant Watering Kit without microbit

• 1x Lesson guide (English Version)
• 1x Maker Soil Moisture Sensor
• 1x REKA:BIT (without micro:bit V2)
• 1x Micro Submersible Water Pump DC 3V-5V with Pipe
• 1x Analog Micro Servo 9g (3V-6V) with servo horns and screws
• 1x Grove 4 Pin Buckled 50cm Cable
• 1x Servo Male - Female Extension Cable 30cm
• 1x 4xAA battery holder with DC plug
• 4x PKCELL Heavy Duty AA Battery
• 1x Tiny Phillips Screwdriver - Transparent
• 2x Popsicle stick
• 3x Cable Ties
• 2x Double Sided Tapes

Auto Plant Watering Kit (IoT Version) with microbit included

Note: The step-by-step guide for IoT project is not included in the booklet

Note: The guide is written at our Cytron Tutorial Page here.

• 1x Lesson guide (English Version)
• 1x Maker Soil Moisture Sensor
• 1x REKA:BIT (with micro:bit V2)
• 1x Grove WiFi 8266
• 1x Micro Submersible Water Pump DC 3V-5V with Pipe
• 1x Analog Micro Servo 9g (3V-6V) with servo horns and screws
• 1x Grove 4 Pin Buckled 50cm Cable
• 1x Servo Male - Female Extension Cable 30cm
• 1x 4xAA battery holder with DC plug
• 4x PKCELL Heavy Duty AA Battery
• 1x Tiny Phillips Screwdriver - Transparent
• 2x Popsicle stick
• 3x Cable Ties
• 2x Double Sided Tapes

Auto Plant Watering Kit (IoT Version) without microbit

Note: The step-by-step guide for IoT project is not included in the booklet

Note: The guide is written at our Cytron Tutorial Page here.

• 1x Lesson guide (English Version)
• 1x Maker Soil Moisture Sensor
• 1x REKA:BIT (without micro:bit V2)
• 1x Grove WiFi 8266
• 1x Micro Submersible Water Pump DC 3V-5V with Pipe
• 1x Analog Micro Servo 9g (3V-6V) with servo horns and screws
• 1x Grove 4 Pin Buckled 50cm Cable
• 1x Servo Male - Female Extension Cable 30cm
• 1x 4xAA battery holder with DC plug
• 4x PKCELL Heavy Duty AA Battery
• 1x Tiny Phillips Screwdriver - Transparent
• 2x Popsicle stick
• 3x Cable Ties
• 2x Double Sided Tapes

• Auto Plant Watering Kit Lesson Guide (English)
• Auto Plant Watering Kit Lesson Guide (Malay)
• Auto Plant Watering Kit Lesson Guide (Chinese)
• Auto Plant Watering Kit Lesson Guide (Thai)

• RBT Automatic Plant Watering IoT Project Using Blynk IoT (video tutorial)
• Extra projects and tutorials for Auto Plant Watering Kit for micro:bit
• MakeCode Online Editor
• MakeCode Offline Editor
• REKA:BIT Extension for MakeCode Editor

• REKA:BIT Datasheet
• REKA:BIT Pinout Diagram
• REKA:BIT 3D CAD
• Maker Soil Moisture Sensor Datasheet
• Maker Soil Moisture Sensor 3D CAD
• Grove WiFi 8266 Datasheet
• Grove WiFi 8266 3D CAD