Financial
Financial
In the process of designing Gardenai, we went through several prototyping stages and thus bought many materials that did not make it in to our final prototype, for that list of materials, please visit this link.
The following table shows all of the things we bought that made it in to our final prototype. For this project we had a class budget of $250, and were allowed to use any other materials we found. Our materials were either bought using our budget, owned, found, or donated. Thus, since many of our materials we did not pay for, we can only estimate their cost. The "usal cost" coloumn of this table lists the prices of almost all materials (minus misc. electrical components), and its total reflects how much it would cost someone to build this project from scratch.
| Item | Purpose | Cost | Usual Cost | Vendor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation Direct Drip Irrigation Starter Kit | Hardware for our irrigation system | 30.19 | 30.19 | Amazon | |
| Phantom Yoyo Moisture Sensor x 4 | Sense soil moisture of each plant | 23.92 | 23.92 | Amazon | 5.98 each |
| Phantom Yoyo Light Sensor x 4 | Sense light hitting each plant | 26.36 | 26.36 | Amazon | 6.59 each |
| Phantom Yoyo Water Level Sensor | To detect water left in pump reservoir | 7.87 | 7.87 | Amazon | |
| Arduino Uno x2 | to control our electronics | 0 | 19.99 | Already owned | Can be bought from Amazon |
| Adafruit Motor Shield | to power and control our pump | 0 | 20 | Class Supplied | can be bought from Amazon |
| Battery Holder | to Power our lights | 5.82 | 5.82 | Amazon | |
| Individually addressable LEDs | to light our plants | 0 | 23.99 | Already owned | can be bought from Amazon |
| 2 Phase 12v Dc CPU Cooling Car Brushless Water Pump | to pump the water up to our plants | 12.94 | 12.94 | Amazon | |
| COEX Pot, 4" square | to hold our 3rd and 4th plants | 8.24 | 8.24 | Amazon | contains 10 pots, only used 2 |
| Acrylic Cement | to weld our acrylic containers | 6.77 | 6.77 | Amazon | |
| .118" Acrylic sheet | to weld our acrylic containers | 22.97 | 22.97 | Amazon | |
| .25" Acrylic sheet | used for panel to funnel drainage water | 5.00 | 5.00 | Campus Stock Market | We used 1/4 mdf because it was all we had access to at the time. parts have been redesigned so that .118" Acrylic should be used instead |
| Magnet Push To Open | To open the back of our planter | 6.59 | 6.59 | Amazon | 4 pack, only used 1 |
| 16x24" 1/4" mdf x 7 | Main Material used to make our planter | 17.50 | 17.50 | Campus Stock Market | Can be bought at home depot |
| Miscelleneous Electrical Components | to provide correct power to lights, and wire our water level sensor | 0 | ? | Class Supplied | includes Wires, Resistors, Protoboards, An op Amp, a Potentiometer, and an LED |
| Latex Hose | to hook up the pump to the irrigation system | 0 | 20.64 | Donated | Can be purchased from Home Depot. any other flexible tubing with a 1/4" inner diameter will work. |
| Hose Clamps | to ensure a secure connection between the barbs and tubes. | 0 | 7.86 | Donated | Can be purchased from Home Depot. |
| Plumbers tape | to prevent leakage . | 0 | 1.39 | Donated | Can be purchased from Home Depot. |
| Female Barbed pipe fitting | to connect pump to irrigation tube. | 0 | 3.11 | Donated | Can be purchased from Home Depot. |
| Male Barbed pipe fitting | to connect pump to irrigation tube. | 0 | 4.78 | Donated | Can be purchased from Home Depot. |
| .625 outer diameter Copper Pipe | to hold lights up | 0 | ? | found | |
| Total | $174.17 | $295.92 |