Scatol8® SmartGarden 3.0

- Let’s take the stock of the situation -

by Riccardo Beltramo (invention, concept definition, design and implementation) Paolo Cantore (hardware, software and construction)

Stefano Duglio (construction) Marta Lanfranco (design, rendering and construction)

Bear in mind... Scatol8® is focused on this path:

ModularityThe Network Scatol8® is made up of several elements:

sensors

peripheral units

coordinator

PC (Dashboard)

Internet connection

The network is made up of modules, which are composed of different elements, in relation to different situations.

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Demonstrators

• are simplified models of the system Scatol8®

• reproduce in small-scale elements, architecture and functionalities of a network Scatol8®

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Scatol8® SmartGardenThis demonstrator was prepared

for the conference “Nutrirsi di Paesaggio," organized in Turin on June, 4th 2012. Presented in a paper entitled “Environmental & Landscape Management System into a SMART reality: the evolution impressed by Scatol8® for Sustainability", it was able of: • Detect temperature and

humidity and luminosity; • Detect soil moisture; • Take photos with a webcam; • View the data on Crusc8

(Dashboard); • Vary the light intensity as a

function of the variables.

Bear in mind...

Scatol8® SmartGarden3.0has been launched in Turin, on May 2014, during the International Book Fair 2014, in the TOSM corner “Technological landscapes 3.0”. It is able: • to detect temperature and humidity

of the air and luminosity; • to detect temperature and moisture

of the soil; • to do continuous shooting video

and taking photos with a webcam; • to display the data on the dashboard

locally and through the web; • to determine light sequences with

variable intensity, in relation to the activities carried out; and........

... And to draw a wide range of virtual landscapes, depending on the intensity of the variables …Here are a few examples:

Scatol8® SmartGarden3.0 follows the guidelines of Scatol8®:

• Green:

✴ the main body is made of plywood;

✴ the supports were obtained from a stainless steel bar recovered;

✴ the spacers are made of plastic caps.

• Modularity:

✴ type and number of sensors vary according to the requirements of use;

✴ type and number of units can be varied at pleasure, depending on the surface and the morphology of the garden, creating a wireless sensor network.

• Accessibility:

✴ Technical drawings for the construction of the structure, wiring diagrams, and software will be downloadable from "Scatol8®: A Path To Sustainability" - the Fourth Edition, to be published

✴ microprocessors are opensource

✴ sensors and actuators are available in the electronic marketplace

Scatol8® SmartGarden3.0• is intended for:

✴ Landscape architects and agronomists who wish to provide a service for monitoring and maintenance of the gardens that design and create, available in their offices or via smartphone;

✴ Gardening enthusiasts who want to be sure of the state of health of their green space, even when they are away from home, via the web;

✴ All those who want to integrate their garden irrigation system with a new functionalities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the system.

Scatol8® won the “Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck Award” at the 2014 ICT&Consumer electronics International Exhibition (SMAU) in Turin

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