Arduino Soil Moisture Sensor

In this article, you will see how to connect and interface soil moisture sensor with Arduino step by step. Before getting started you must know how the sensor works.

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Working of Soil Moisture Sensor

Soil moisture sensor uses an electrical parameter called capacitance to measure the dielectric permittivity. This dielectric permittivity is a function of water content in the soil. Soil moisture sensor creates some potential proportional to the dielectric permittivity which is proportional to the moisture content in the soil.

Step 1: Components Required

Arduino Uno

Soil Moisture Sensor

Jumper Wires

Step 2 : Watch Video Tutorial

Step 3 : Soil Moisture Sensor Circuit Diagram

Step 4 : Soil Moisture Sensor Arduino Code

void setup() {
  // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
  Serial.begin(9600);
}


void loop() {
  // read the input on analog pin 0:
  int sensorValue = analogRead(A0);
  Serial.println(sensorValue);
  delay(500);
}

Upload the code to Arduino.

Open the Serial Monitor.

Set the baud rate to 9600.

Now you can see the soil moisture sensor reading in serial monitor.

Below you can see interfacing soil moisture sensor with LCD.

Soil Moisture Sensor Circuit with LCD

Connect Soil Moisture Sensor AO to A3 of Arduino
Connect Soil Moisture Sensor Vcc and GND to 5V and GND of Arduino respectively.
Connect Vcc and GND of LCD to GND and Vcc of Arduino respectively.
Connect SDA of i2c LCD to A4 of Arduino
Connect SCL of i2c LCD to A5 of Arduino
Upload the Code below to Arduino

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