{"title":"Adafruit Bonsai Buckaroo - micro:bit & CLUE Plant Care Helper","handle":"adafruit-bonsai-buckaroo-micro-bit-clue-plant-care-helper","url":"/products/adafruit-bonsai-buckaroo-micro-bit-clue-plant-care-helper","description":"The Bonsai Buckaroo is a compact add-on board for micro:bit and Adafruit CLUE that turns your board into a plant care monitoring and watering system. Bolt it on with 5 screws to get a buzzer, motor driver, and soil moisture sensing breakout.\n\nConnect two alligator clips and nails to measure soil resistance, use the buzzer to alert when plants need watering, and drive a small water pump to automate the process. Works with micro:bit in Arduino, MicroPython, or MakeCode, and with CLUE in CircuitPython or Arduino.\n\nKey Features\n\n\n8 mm Buzzer/Speaker (Pin P0) – Beep alerts for watering reminders or play tones when soil is healthy\n\n3V Motor Control (Pin P2) – On/off control for a small water pump to automate watering\n\nSoil Moisture Sensing (Pin P1) – Alligator clip pads with 3V and GND for measuring soil resistance with nails\n\nDual Board Support – Compatible with micro:bit (v1 and v2) and Adafruit CLUE\n\nSimple Attachment – Bolts onto the back of your board with 5 screws\n\n\nCompatible Boards\n\nmicro:bit v2 Go Bundle\n\n\nIdeal For\n\nAutomated plant watering systems\nSoil moisture monitoring projects\nSTEM education and MakeCode projects\nIntroduction to sensors and motor control\n\n\n\nImportant: This is only the control board. micro:bit, CLUE, water pump, tubing, alligator clips, and nails are not included and must be purchased separately.\n\n\nPackage Contents\n\n1× Adafruit Bonsai Buckaroo board\n5× Mounting screws\n","vendor":"Adafruit","product_type":"physical","in_stock":true,"options":[],"variants":[{"id":2963,"title":"Default Title","sku":"AF-4534","price":10.7,"on_sale":false,"in_stock":true,"available_quantity":56,"option1":"Default Title"}]}