Hydroponic Smart Garden

by zacharyianhoward

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Intro: Hydroponic Smart Garden

ERB, the hydroponic smart garden, is a product designed to continue educating and engaging people with their food.

STEP 1: Rapid Protoype

Initially prototyped in foam core, this model helped get feedback from users about basic aesthetic appearance.

STEP 2: Electronic Protoyping

So many circuit boards.! Thanks to the Othermill I was able to quickly iterate through multiple designs, radically changing PCB layout and board components along the way.

STEP 3: Final Prototype

Going from foam core to fiberglass was amazing! To see ERB watertight for the first time and then actively responding to SMS messages was just beautiful.

STEP 4: Reflection

The true amount of iteration that goes into just a prototype like this makes you respect the craft that much more. I hope to be doing this for a variety of products in the future :) Thanks for checking out ERB!

4 Comments

DeclanM7 7 years ago

How much would it cost to build?

Akin Yildiz 9 years ago

hello sir, nice stuff.. are you familiar with my work ?

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i haven't yet implemented an automatic watering system however, box1 will have this option soon.

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thank you for sharing, i am actually in the process of making a custom mold as well

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Souravdev 9 years ago

Good idea but some electronics didn't work properly.