Recommended soil moisture sensor or diy tutorial

[tom_l]

The Mi Flora sensor (BLE to an ESP Bluetooth gateway) is ok. Limited range and poor battery life without modification.

Mi flora battery mod:

Mi Flora battery life

Does anyone have any experience with the mi flora esphome sensor and how long the battery lasts? I have one and it lasted 2 months before I had to replace the battery. Just wondering if this is typical or if my device has an issue.

External antenna mod:

How to add an external antenna to an ESP board

If you’ve purchased an ESP board without a connector for an external antenna and find you are pushing the limits of reception - all is not lost. Also this is slightly easier than moving the 0603 sized resistor required to use the external antenna socket on some boards. These parts can be found for a couple of dollars on ebay or Aliexpress: [1] Then do this: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Good to go: [IMG_4136]

Interface:

MQTT based sprinkler control

Hello everyone! I just created my first project for my Home Assistant instance. This is a sprinkler controller system based on a NodeMCU board that allows for virtually limitless amount of control zones. Check out my GitHub repo and let me know what you guys think.