Adafruit
Adafruit Soil Sensor Kit for micro:bit v2
· MPN: ADA6352
This classroom-friendly kit pairs a micro:bit v2.2 with a simple soil sensor so students can monitor a pot plant and learn a bit of programming at the same t...
This classroom-friendly kit pairs a micro:bit v2.2 with a simple soil sensor so students can monitor a pot plant and learn a bit of programming at the same time. It was designed to work with the "FarmBeats for Students" curriculum, where the micro:bit can show smile and frown status reports to indicate when a plant might need a drink.
In the box you get the Adafruit Simple Soil Sensor for the plant pot, a micro:bit v2.2 microcontroller board, and the accessories needed to get going. That includes a 3 foot / 1 metre long Micro-B USB cable for connecting to a laptop, a 2 x AAA battery holder with switch for portable projects, 2 x AAA alkaline batteries, red, black and white alligator clips, and 2 x 9 cm long stainless steel nails.
It is a neat starter set for students, teachers and makers working in the BBC micro:bit ecosystem. Whether you are building a simple plant-care indicator or using it as part of a physical computing lesson, this kit brings together the core parts needed for hands-on environmental sensing.
Suitable for classroom activities, beginner coding projects and simple plant monitoring with micro:bit.
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a chip that runs your program and controls connected inputs and outputs. For this product, it is the part that reads buttons and sensors, drives the display and speaker, and communicates over Bluetooth.
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