Adafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor – I2C Capacitive Moisture Sensor

adafruit-stemma-soil-sensor-i2c

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Adafruit STEMMA capacitive soil moisture sensor using an I2C interface. Operates at 3.3V or 5V. Reports moisture (and optionally temperature) via I2C at default address 0x36. Compatible with ESP32, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi.

Pinout

PinPositionTypeFunctionVoltage
VCCpowerSupply voltage – 3.3V (also accepts 5V); connects to 3.3V rail from AMS1117-3.3V3.3
GNDgroundCommon ground
SDAi2cI2C data line – connect to ESP32 GPIO21 (SDA)
SCLi2cI2C clock line – connect to ESP32 GPIO22 (SCL)

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