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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-85-2022
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
An underground, wireless, open-source, low-cost system for monitoring oxygen, temperature, and soil moisture
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California,
Davis, 95616 CA, USA
Yonatan Ganot
Department of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Gail Taylor
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, 95616 CA, USA
Peter Freer-Smith
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, 95616 CA, USA
Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, UK
Kosana Suvocarev
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California,
Davis, 95616 CA, USA
Helen E. Dahlke
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California,
Davis, 95616 CA, USA
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Short summary
Do-it-yourself hardware is a new approach for improving measurement resolution in research. Here we present a new low-cost, wireless underground sensor network for soil monitoring. All data logging, power, and communication component cost is USD 150, much cheaper than other available commercial solutions. We provide the complete building guide to reduce any technical barriers, which we hope will allow easier reproducibility and open new environmental monitoring applications.
Do-it-yourself hardware is a new approach for improving measurement resolution in research. Here...