The document details the author's journey in developing a smart farm project through their background in civil engineering and programming. It highlights their personal inspirations from family and previous projects, as well as the technical aspects of building a food computer using various software and hardware tools. Key lessons emphasize viewing failures as opportunities for improvement and the importance of continuously learning new skills.

1. Developing a Smart Farm
Using Low-Cost Electronics and Civil Engineering Background

2. BACKGROUND

3. What I did

5. Decided to pursue programming

6. How I got involved in
Smart Farm

7. 1. Fascination with hardware

8. Failed Rover Project

10. Learned hardware programming
through helping student thesis.

11. Joined hardware beta testing for
free hardware.

16. 2. Love for agriculture

17. My mother is an agriculturist

18. I always have a home garden
whenever space permits.

20. I love aquaculture

22. 3. Got invited to build a proof of
concept of a food computer.

23. FOOD COMPUTER

25. Replicate the planting condition

26. Recipe

27. Tools Used

28. Software
● MongoDB
● PostgreSQL
● Django
● Flask
● C/C++ (Arduino)
● Git

29. Hardware
● Raspberry Pi Zero
● Arduino Mega
● Sensors and Actuators

30. Hardware Design
● No monitor/No display
○ Setup is done via Raspi AP
● Arduino and Raspi communicates via serial
port.
● Arduino handles sensor and actuator controls
● Raspi communicates with the server and
Arduino
● Uses flask

31. Server Design
● Django
● Postgres for all relational data
● MongoDB for sensor data and other
non-relational data
● Nginx for webserver

32. LESSONS

33. Always consider failure as a challenge
to improve.

34. Always consider failure as a challenge
to improve.

35. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000
ways that won’t work.” -- Thomas Edison

36. Grab opportunity that leads to
your dream.

37. If no one is hiring you, learn a
new skill.

38. /next

39. Ardufarm
Vimlabs

40. Lex Bryan
lexusbry@gmail.com