{"id":12057,"date":"2015-02-25T06:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12057"},"modified":"2015-02-25T06:47:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:47:58","slug":"upgraded-garden-drip-system-with-opensprinkler-and-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12057","title":{"rendered":"Upgraded garden drip system with OpenSprinkler and Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4041-640x480.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cyrus Farivar has replaced the dial\u00a0controller on his garden &#8216;drip irrigation system&#8217; with a Raspberry Pi and <a href=\"https:\/\/opensprinkler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenSprinkler<\/a> GPIO board. He&#8217;s written a full account of how to do the integration, and the results, on the ArsTechnica blog. <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2015\/02\/how-i-upgraded-my-gardens-ugly-drip-system-with-a-sexy-opensprinkler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyrus Farivar has replaced the dial\u00a0controller on his garden &#8216;drip irrigation system&#8217; with a Raspberry Pi and OpenSprinkler GPIO board. He&#8217;s written a full account of how to do the integration, and the results, on the ArsTechnica blog. 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