Eden
DIY IoT for growing food: ESP32, spectral light, soil and EC and pH, hydro and aero.
[ IN DEVELOPMENT ]
Why
Knowing what a plant actually needs used to require a sealed greenhouse and a budget to match. Commercial growers measure light, soil chemistry, and water with precision instruments; everyone else is left guessing — watering on a schedule, fertilizing on a hunch, losing a crop and never quite knowing why. Food production capability ends up concentrated in the hands that can afford the gear, and the people who most want to feed themselves are handed the least to work with.
Eden puts that same sensing on hardware you can build yourself — ESP32 + spectral light sensors, plus soil, EC, and pH probes that work across hydroponic, aeroponic, and soil setups. It turns growing food from guesswork into something you can read, tune, and repeat. Food autonomy is power, and Eden is built so that power doesn't stay locked behind a commercial price tag.
Who it helps
It's for people who want to feed themselves and learn how plants actually work — the homesteader dialing in a first hydroponic run, the family putting real food on the table without a farm, the curious grower who's tired of treating a living system like a black box. Eden gives them the readouts commercial operations take for granted, on gear they own and understand.
The wider audience is everyone teaching or learning the science under the soil — educators, tinkerers, anyone who'd rather see why a plant thrives than memorize a watering chart. Eden makes the invisible part of growing legible, so feeding yourself becomes a skill you can build instead of a service you have to buy.
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