Shawn Anderson wanted to be lazy and automate the watering of his garden based on the likelihood of rain. So, he programmed his Pi to get a forecast from the Forecast.io API and then put together a system whereby a solenoid would trigger a hose to water the garden. Read more here
[…] Michael Horne Shawn Anderson wanted to be lazy and automate the watering of his garden based on the likelihood of […]
Take a look to open sprinkler . There is a pi option
You may also want to look at this other watering project: https://github.com/anthonywebb/sprinkler
Despite the references to the BBB, the software also works on the raspberry pi (what I use myself).
(Shameless self-promotion, having contributed a significant portion of the code. 🙂
Sir,
I brought raspberry pi3 and a 8 channel relay module,I am a none technical person, I need to operate my 8 nose of air conditioner with respected timing,can you explaine me how to program this module for ac.
please help me.
Thanks
prakash
Sorry, I’m not the best person to ask and I wouldn’t offer advice on this anyway – mains voltage is very dangerous, so please be careful! Try forums at http://www.raspberry.org – they might help you, but they _will_ warn you about the dangers.