How To: Soil Sensor

Soil Moisture sensor measures moisture and temperature.

References

• Soil Sensor SDK Module
• GitHub Repository Example

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This is the simplest example with a single connected sensor to the Sensor Module.

Writing a single sensor values to the console Code Example

#include <application.h>

// Soil sensor instance
twr_soil_sensor_t soil_sensor;

void soil_sensor_event_handler(twr_soil_sensor_t *self, uint64_t device_address, twr_soil_sensor_event_t event, void *event_param)
{
    if (event == TWR_SOIL_SENSOR_EVENT_UPDATE)
    {
        uint16_t moisture;
        float temperature;

        twr_soil_sensor_get_cap_raw(self, device_address, &moisture);
        twr_soil_sensor_get_temperature_celsius(self, device_address, &temperature);
        twr_log_debug("Moisture: %d\tTemperature %.2f", moisture, temperature);
    }
}

void application_init(void)
{
    twr_log_init(TWR_LOG_LEVEL_DUMP, TWR_LOG_TIMESTAMP_ABS);

    // Initialize soil sensor
    twr_soil_sensor_init(&soil_sensor);
    twr_soil_sensor_set_event_handler(&soil_sensor, soil_sensor_event_handler, NULL);
    twr_soil_sensor_set_update_interval(&soil_sensor, 1000);
}

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When you connect multiple sensors, you need to initialize them with twr_soil_sensor_init_multiple. In the event handler, you then get the device_address in the callback parameter, or you can get the sensor index by calling twr_soil_sensor_get_index_by_device_address().

The example below shows how to work with multiple sensors.

Multiple Connected Sensors Code Example

#include <application.h>

#define MAX_SOIL_SENSORS                    5

// Sensors array
twr_soil_sensor_sensor_t sensors[MAX_SOIL_SENSORS];

void soil_sensor_event_handler(twr_soil_sensor_t *self, uint64_t device_address, twr_soil_sensor_event_t event, void *event_param)
{
    if (event == TWR_SOIL_SENSOR_EVENT_UPDATE)
    {
        int index = twr_soil_sensor_get_index_by_device_address(self, device_address);
  }
}

void application_init(void)
{
    // Initialize soil sensors
    twr_soil_sensor_init_multiple(&soil_sensor, sensors, MAX_SOIL_SENSORS);
    twr_soil_sensor_set_event_handler(&soil_sensor, soil_sensor_event_handler, NULL);
    twr_soil_sensor_set_update_interval(&soil_sensor, SENSOR_UPDATE_SERVICE_INTERVAL);

}