CN103196957A - Potting humidity monitor - Google Patents

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CN103196957A
CN103196957A CN2013100995208A CN201310099520A CN103196957A CN 103196957 A CN103196957 A CN 103196957A CN 2013100995208 A CN2013100995208 A CN 2013100995208A CN 201310099520 A CN201310099520 A CN 201310099520A CN 103196957 A CN103196957 A CN 103196957A
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The invention relates to a soil humidity monitoring device, and especially discloses a potting humidity monitor. The potting humidity monitor comprises a humidity sensor, a power supply, a control circuit board for signal processing, a tricolor light-emitting diode for displaying humidity range, a humidity abnormity alarm and a manual monitoring button, wherein the humidity sensor and the manual monitoring button are connected at the input end of the control circuit board, the alarm and the tricolor light-emitting diode are connected at the output end of the control circuit board, the humidity sensor is a capacitance-type humidity sensor, and the humidity sensor is provided with an elongated robe rod; the probe rod is inserted into the potting soil, thus, the humidity of the soil of the potted plant can be judged according to the color of the light emitted by the tricolor light-emitting diode. The potting humidity monitor has the advantage of monitoring in real time, being visual in prompting, being long in service life and being simple in structure.

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A kind of potted plant humidity detection instrument
Technical field:
The present invention relates to the soil moisture monitoring equipment, especially a kind of potted plant humidity detection instrument.
Background technology:
In the family and working environment in modern times, indispensable is potted plant, but the humidity of soil is most important for the growth of potted plant, if can not reach the needed humidity of potted plant, potted plant growth and life-span all can be affected.Soil moisture is crossed to hang down and will be formed soil drought, and photosynthesis of plants just can not normally be carried out, and the quality of potted plant will reduce, and serious lack of water will cause potted plant atrophy and death.Soil moisture is too high will to worsen soil aeration, influences the activity of soil microorganism, and the vital movements such as breathing, growth of potted plant root system are hindered, thereby influences the normal growth on potted plant ground, causes that excessive growth, lodging, disease are grown etc.
In addition, each potted plant requires also to have nothing in common with each other to soil moisture, if needed the high humility potted plant to apply less moisture, can produce unfavorable factor for the potted plant growth.Same to being needed the potted plant of low humidity to apply more water, unfavorable for its growth-promoting media, the planting pot plant is mainly planted by experience now, and such experience is not entirely true yet.Though be useful on the equipment that soil moisture detects now.
But ubiquity: 1, can't reach real-time monitoring prompting effect, 2, the humidity sensor of Shi Yonging mostly is the contact resistance sensor, it is insensitive to make that humidity changes, its life-span is also shorter, though 3 have the instrument of measuring soil moisture now, but its electronic component is more, it is complicated to handle, prompting is not directly perceived, inapplicable potted plant.
Summary of the invention:
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is: provide a kind of and can monitor in real time, be quick on the draw, the life-span is long and potted plant humidity detection instrument simple in structure.
In order to solve the above problems, the invention provides a kind of potted plant humidity detection instrument, comprise the humidity sensor of measuring humidity, be used for the control circuit board that signal is handled, the Tricolor LED that shows humidity range, the alarm that humidity is unusual and manual monitoring button, described humidity sensor and manual monitoring button are connected the control circuit board input end, alarm and Tricolor LED are connected the output terminal of control circuit board, described humidity sensor uses capacitance type humidity sensor, this humidity sensor is provided with the feeler lever of long strip type, this feeler lever includes two conducting metal sensing chips and is wrapped in the outer erosion resisting insulation shell of conducting metal sensing chip, and described feeler lever is provided with scale.
The measuring principle of potted plant humidity detection instrument of the present invention is that the variation according to soil moisture causes that moisture tension changes in the soil, thereby make the soil volumetric expansion, humidity sensor uses condenser type, two conducting metal sensing chips of the soil compressing humidity sensor that expands, its capacitance is changed, the capacitance that changes is according to conversion, can obtain corresponding humidity value, in order to improve the serviceable life of potted plant humidity detection instrument, described two conducting metal sensing chips use erosion resisting insulation material parcel, and the conducting metal sensing chip does not directly contact with soil like this.In order to be suitable for different potted plants to the needs of humidity, described feeler lever is set to the long strip type shape, and feeler lever is provided with scale, because water more dark at soil permeability, expression soil moisture is more big, namely needs the bigger potted plant of humidity only feeler lever need be inserted darker soil.In order to simplify the selected of plant workable moisture scope and to set, can also determine the type of plant according to the scale of setting on the feeler lever, make that like this operability of this potted plant humidity detection instrument is simpler.
Preferably, described control circuit board comprises humidity sensor, modulus conversion chip and microcontroller, the simulating signal that described humidity sensor records converts digital signal to by modulus conversion chip, carry out signal analysis by microcontroller again, and then light Tricolor LED and represent the photochromic of different humidity value range.Adopt humidity sensor to carry out the collection of real-time tension signal, because the tension signal of gathering is simulating signal, can convert the digital signal that to identify to by modulus conversion chip and microcontroller, microcontroller judges that institute's humidity value of surveying whether in the suitable humidity range of setting, determines to light the sort of color of Tricolor LED.The tester can judge whether the humidity range of soil is suitable according to the luminous situation of Tricolor LED, to such an extent as to can judge whether moisture is suitable in the soil.
Preferably, because The whole control plate power consumption is little, in order to reach the miniaturization of instrument, described power supply uses the button cell of 2 joint 1.5V to get final product.
Preferably, insert for convenience in the potted plant soil, described feeler lever one end is connected with control circuit board, and the other end is arranged to tip.
At last, for the precision that makes humidity sensor detect humidity is improved, shown in the conducting metal sensing chip be copper sheet.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the potted plant humidity detection instrument of present embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the control circuit board structural representation of the potted plant humidity detection instrument of present embodiment.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples technical solution of the present invention is further specified:
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2: a kind of potted plant humidity detection instrument, comprise humidity sensor 9, be used for the control circuit board 13 that signal is handled, the Tricolor LED 5 that shows humidity range, humidity abnormal alarm device 6 and manual monitoring button 2, humidity sensor 9 and manual monitoring button 2 are connected control circuit board 13 input ends, alarm 6 and Tricolor LED 5 are connected the output terminal of control circuit board 13, humidity sensor 9 uses capacitance type sensor, this humidity sensor 9 is provided with the feeler lever 3 of long strip type, feeler lever 3 comprises two conducting metal sensing chips 11 and the erosion resisting insulation shell that is wrapped in outside two conducting metal sensing chips 11, feeler lever 3 is provided with scale 7, control circuit board 13 comprises humidity sensor, modulus conversion chip 10 and microcontroller 14, the simulating signal that humidity sensor 9 records converts digital signal to by modulus conversion chip 10, carries out signal analysis by microcontroller 14 again, and then lights the Tricolor LED 5 that represents the different range value.
Potted plant humidity detection instrument of the present invention, in order to be suitable for different potted plants to the needs of humidity, described feeler lever is set to the long strip type shape, and feeler lever is provided with scale, because water is more dark soil permeability, expression soil moisture is more big, and namely the more high potted plant of humidity requirement just inserts more dark soil with feeler lever.
Humidity sensor 9 is capacitance type sensor, two conducting metal sensing chips 11 of capacitance type sensor use the epoxide resin material parcel at present embodiment, make conducting metal sensing chip 11 directly not contact with soil, prolonged the life-span of potted plant humidity detection instrument greatly.Variation according to soil moisture causes the characteristic that moisture tension changes in the soil, adopt humidity sensor 9 to carry out the collection of moisture tension signal in real time, because the tension signal of gathering is simulating signal, can be by modulus conversion chip 10(such as AD7705 chip) and the MSP430 single-chip microcomputer of microcontroller 14(low-power consumption) convert the digital signal that can identify to, microcontroller 14 judges that institute's humidity value of surveying whether in the suitable humidity range of setting, determines to light the sort of color of Tricolor LED 5.The tester can judge whether the humidity range of soil is suitable according to the glow color of Tricolor LED 5, to such an extent as to can judge whether moisture is suitable in the soil.Potted plant humidity detection instrument was judged the humidity of soil automatically every 20 seconds, give 5 flash signals of Tricolor LED, also can press manual monitoring button 2 by hand, potted plant humidity detection instrument detects soil moisture immediately, give 5 flash signals of Tricolor LED, can allow owner know the soil water content scope immediately like this.
In potted plant humidity detection instrument test process, if the value of surveying is lower than the suitable humidity range of setting, be exsiccosis, the pilot lamp azarin, 20s dodges once, allows alarm sound simultaneously, and 20s rings once, reminds owner to water to potted plant; In the process of watering or peacetime state, potted plant humidity has reached setting range, and pilot lamp is bright green, and 20s dodges once, so just can stop it being watered or normally; If water water too much because of carelessness, surpassed setting range, the pilot lamp light blue, 20s dodges once, according to the degree of plant to the moisture harshness, as one sees fit excessive moisture is handled.Also can manually intervene potted plant humidity detection instrument test by button, pilot lamp lights, and reaches the feedback information of knowing test immediately.
The variation range of the electric capacity of humidity sensor is 163pF~202pF in the present embodiment, and it is 0~100% that corresponding humidity changes number percent.Because the influence of temperature coefficient, humidity have ± 1.5% hysteresis, but less to measuring the response influence.
For the aesthetic standards that meet people and the practicality of potted plant humidity detection instrument, control circuit board is by " heart " type shell 1 packing, the middle part of " heart " profile is manual monitoring button 2 operating positions, and " apex of the heart " part of " heart " type shell is feeler lever 3 extended positions.
Because The whole control plate power consumption is little, in order to reach the miniaturization of monitor, power supply 12 uses the button cell of 2 joint 1.5V to get final product, button cell through test total voltage 3v can use half a year at least, insert for convenience in the potted plant soil, described feeler lever one end is connected with control circuit, and the other end is arranged to tip.
Above-described only is preferred implementation of the present invention; for a person skilled in the art; under the prerequisite that does not break away from structure of the present invention; can also make some distortion and improvement; such as changing shell shape and color; change feeler lever length etc., this also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention, and these can not influence effect of the invention process and practicality.

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1. potted plant humidity detection instrument, comprise humidity sensor, power supply, be used for the control circuit board that signal is handled, the Tricolor LED that shows humidity range, humidity abnormal alarm device and manual monitoring button, described humidity sensor and manual monitoring button are connected the control circuit board input end, alarm and Tricolor LED are connected the output terminal of control circuit board, it is characterized in that: described humidity sensor uses capacitance type humidity sensor, this humidity sensor is provided with the feeler lever of long strip type, and this feeler lever includes two conducting metal sensing chips and is wrapped in the outer erosion resisting insulation shell of conducting metal sensing chip, and described feeler lever is provided with scale.
2. potted plant humidity detection instrument according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described control circuit board comprises humidity sensor, modulus conversion chip and microcontroller, the simulating signal that described humidity sensor records converts digital signal to by modulus conversion chip, carry out signal analysis by microcontroller again, and then allow Tricolor LED send to represent the color of different range value.
3. potted plant humidity detection instrument according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described power supply is the button cell of 2 joint 1.5V.
4. potted plant humidity detection instrument according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described feeler lever one end is connected with control circuit board, and the other end is arranged to tip.
5. potted plant humidity detection instrument according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described conducting metal sensing chip is copper sheet.
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