The plan

Before starting the project, we were developing a plan of what we wanted to modify/achieve in our GreenPi project. Here’s the outcome:

So basically, the layout will stay the same along the sides, featuring our pellets oven (heat source) plus the hexagonal hydroponic tower, which also comes from myFood (and works nicely).

Red boxes show power sources, the one next to the hydroponic it 230 Volts, the rest is the solar panel batteries, bringing up to 24 Volts.

The brown surface above the batteries (lower right) shows a custom made table for some serious working surface.

The perma in the middle will feature our tomato plants, and will be using climbing assistance using a wooden mobile structure. The latter will be hanging from the ceiling on a sliding door mechanism.

Furthermore, the whole system will be piloted by the GreenPi hardware, which will

  • use bluetooth devices to measure moisture in each perma,
  • use hydro/temperature sensors to show data from the greenhouse,
  • show all information on a screen placed in a window upfront.