Taste The Code. Working with a Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor. Posted: June 12, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics.

Capacitive soil moisture sensors are very sensitive to salt content unless the frequency is high (> 50 MHz). This design appears to operate at 0.5 MHz.

Like this low-power soil sensor project and the custom controller for six soil sensors, [rbaron’s] w-parasite uses a “parasitic capacitive” moisture sensor to determine if it’s time to ...

STEMMA capacitive soil moisture sensor improves on resistive style. 11:39 am November 16, 2018 By Julian Horsey. ... Filed Under: DIY Projects, Hardware, Top News. Latest Geeky Gadgets Deals.

We report the design and installation of a distributed soil moisture sensor network in a riparian zone within the Whitewater Basin in Central Kansas. The soil-moisture monitoring network used in this ...

Keeping my houseplants alive used to be a hit-or-miss affair. I decided to build an automatic watering system using a Raspberry Pi, a capacitive soil moisture sensor, a small water pump, and a ...

With this setup, the Raspberry Pi is used to control and monitor the connected components, which include a capacitive soil moisture sensor, a relay module, a micro submersible mini water pump, and ...

Soil moisture measurement is fundamental to understanding hydrological processes, crop water dynamics, and broader environmental monitoring. Recent advancements have driven the development of ...

Soil moisture sensors can help farmers save water, by letting them know when their crops actually need to be watered. A new sensor could be particularly helpful, as it incorporates a special ...