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Garduino Phone – Saving Plants from Negligent Parents using Twilio, Arduino and Sinatra

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Date Published
Author
Jarod Reyes
Word Count
2,174
Company Posts That Month
20
Language
English
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Summary

The Garduino Phone is a project that utilizes an Arduino, Twilio, Sinatra, and Pusher to create a remote monitoring system for a garden. The system consists of two sensors: one to measure temperature and another to detect moisture levels. When the sensors detect abnormal conditions, such as high or low temperatures or insufficient watering, they send alerts to the user's phone through Twilio. The Arduino code connects to the WiFi network, reads sensor data, and sends HTTP requests to a Sinatra server to update the alert status. The Sinatra server handles incoming requests from the Arduino, processes the data, and sends SMS notifications to the user's phone using Twilio.

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