ESP32 Plant Watering System

A microcontroller-based system for automated plant watering with ESP32. Monitor soil moisture and control the watering pump.

Built for LilyGO T-Display-S3 ESP32-S3 development board

Board Features:

• ESP32-S3 dual-core MCU
• 1.9" LCD Display (170x320)
• USB-C connector
• Built-in battery management

Wiring

• DHT11 Digital (Temperature/Humidity) → GPIO1
• Water Pump Relay → GPIO2
• Battery Voltage → GPIO4
• Moisture Analog → GPIO11
• Moisture Power → GPIO18
• Water Level Analog → GPIO12
• Water Level Power → GPIO21

Core Features

• Sensor Integration

  • DHT11 temperature/humidity monitoring
  • Capacitive soil moisture sensing (analog)
  • Water level detection
  • Battery voltage monitoring

• Display Interface

  • ST7789 LCD support
  • Real-time sensor data visualization
  • System status display

• Network Connectivity

  • WiFi connection with DHCP
  • MQTT integration with Home Assistant
  • Auto-discovery of sensors
  • Remote pump control

• Power Management

  • Deep sleep support
  • Configurable wake/sleep cycles
  • Battery-optimized operation

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Dependencies

The project uses several Rust crates to provide functionality:

Async/Embedded Frameworks

• embassy
• embassy-executor
• embassy-futures
• embassy-net
• embassy-sync
• embassy-time

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Hardware Abstraction & Embedded I/O

• embedded-hal
• embedded-text
• embedded-graphics

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Networking

• rust-mqtt
• esp-wifi

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ESP32-Specific Crates

• esp-alloc
• esp-backtrace
• esp-hal
• esp-hal-embassy

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Display

The built-in 1.9" ST7789 LCD display on the T-Display-S3 has the following pin configuration:

• Backlight: GPIO38

• CS: GPIO6

• DC: GPIO7

• RST: GPIO5

• WR: GPIO8

• RD: GPIO9

• Data pins: GPIO39-42, GPIO45-48

• mipidsi

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Serialization

• serde
• serde_json

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Miscellaneous

• heapless
• static_cell
• rand_core
• defmt
• defmt-rtt
• ...and others

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Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/esp32-homecontrol-no-std-rs.git
cd esp32-homecontrol-no-std-rs

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2. Install Rust and the necessary tools

See the ESP-RS book.

Install espup: espup GitHub
Install probe-rs: probe-rs GitHub

espup install
. $HOME/export-esp.sh

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3. Build and run the project

cp .env.dist .env
./run.sh

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Usage

To flash the firmware to your ESP32 device, run:

cargo run --release

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Useful Links

DHCP & Wi-Fi

• DHCP Wi-Fi Example with Embassy

MQTT Communication

• MQTT Example

Display Interfaces

• MIDISPI Example with Display
• Display Example via SPI

Sensors

• DHT11 Sensor Integration Example
• Moisture Sensor Example

UI & Graphics

• Icons and UI Example with Display & Publish

Projects and Games

• Pacman Game Example
• Motion Sensors & Body Tracking Example

Networking

• Netstack & MQTT Struct Example
• HTTP Request Example with Embassy
• NTP Socket Example

Miscellaneous Examples

• Joystick Analog Pin Input Example
• Battery Monitoring Example

Tutorials

• ESP32 Rust HAL Tutorials

Advanced Examples

• Futures Example
• Sleep, Display Layout, Logging, Dashboard, Multiple Tasks

Bitcoin Device, USB, & OTA Updates

• Fancy Bitcoin Device with GUI Example

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This documentation is curated to help you get started with various functionalities, libraries, and examples for ESP32 projects using Rust.