Mentors & Sponsors
Mentors:
Miguel Godina
Company: Willow Gardens Nursery
Credentials: Plant Specialist, Floor Manager
Feedback:
Suggested to be more specific as to whether we are focusing on indoor or outdoor plants
Said our website was difficult to navigate
Focus more on common houseplants
Suggested we take into consideration the "permanent wilting point" of plants instead of just the moisture level
Various methods of watering
Roger Moore
Institution: Fresno State
Credentials: Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
Feedback:
Block Diagram Design
Gave us specifics as to what each shape in a block diagram represents
Suggested we make a program flow diagram and a hardware block diagram
Suggested good place to start is using microcontroller boards such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico
Aaron Stillmaker
Institution: Fresno State
Contact Info: 559.278.4823
Credentials: Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
Specialty: VLSI Design
Feedback:
Specialty VLSI design: helped with suggesting which microcontrollers to use
Suggested to use ARM CPUs and ST32
A more friendlier microcontroller: Raspberry Pi
Different languages to use for programming: C++, Python, or Assembly
Sponsors:
Green Hills Nursery
Person of Contact: Leonard Ichimoto
Contact Info: 559-291-9733
Donation:
5, 6" potted plants
Monstera
Peace Lily
Hawaiian Pothos
Curly Spider Plant
Snake Plant
Mazzei's Nursery
Person of Contact: Gary Colburn
Contact Info: 559-233-9852
Donation:
$300 cash donation towards helping our team to be able to purchase materials that will go towards building and testing