I'm from a compost tech startup (Monty Compost Co.) focused on making composting more efficient for households and industrial facilities. But our tech isn’t just for composting— it’s a versatile system that can be repurposed for a wide range of applications. So, we’ve made it open source for anyone to experiment with!
One of the exciting things about our open-source compost monitoring tech is its flexibility. You can connect it to platforms like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or other single-board computers to expand its capabilities or integrate it into your own projects.
Our system includes sensors for:
* Gas composition
* Temperature
* Moisture levels
* Air pressure
All data can be exported as CSV files for analysis. While it’s originally built for monitoring compost, the hardware and data capabilities are versatile and could be repurposed for other applications (IoT, environmental monitoring, etc.)
I love it, but surely just a temp gauge for running a hot compost is nice & simple? If mine is over 45C, I'm fairly sure that means the thermophiles are present and doing their thing
collectd is an open source monitoring system which can record to e.g. RRD flat files or SQLite and can forward collected metrics to SIEM-like monitoring and charting and anomaly detection apps like Grafana or InfluxDB.
Nagios has "state flaping detection" to prevent spurious notifications.
montycompostco ·5 hours ago
One of the exciting things about our open-source compost monitoring tech is its flexibility. You can connect it to platforms like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or other single-board computers to expand its capabilities or integrate it into your own projects.
Our system includes sensors for: * Gas composition * Temperature * Moisture levels * Air pressure
All data can be exported as CSV files for analysis. While it’s originally built for monitoring compost, the hardware and data capabilities are versatile and could be repurposed for other applications (IoT, environmental monitoring, etc.)
Hacker’s Guide to Monty Tech: https://github.com/gtls64/MontyHome-Hackers-Guide
If you’re into data, sensors, or creative tech hacks, we’d love for you to check it out and let us know what you build!
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montycompostco ·2 hours ago
You can check out the Monty Monitor here: https://montycompost.co/products/im-perfect-monty-monitor
magicbuzz ·3 hours ago
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boredinstapanda ·4 hours ago
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westurner ·2 hours ago
Nagios has "state flaping detection" to prevent spurious notifications.
collectd-python-plugins includes Python scripts for monitoring humidity and temp with i2c sensors and Python: https://github.com/dbrgn/collectd-python-plugins
There are LoraWAN soil moisture sensors, but they require batteries or an in-field charging method
"Satellite images of plants' fluorescence can predict crop yields" (2024)
"Sensor-Free Soil Moisture Sensing Using LoRa Signals (2022)" https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3534608 .. https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=40234912
/? open source soil moisture sensor: https://www.google.com/search?q=open+source+soil+moisture+se...
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