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Simplified Mi Flora sensor: Sothing Flora

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Product code : Sothing WN1803 Specifications Battery and power consumption: CR2032 / 3V 10uA Accuracy: ± 5% Light indicator: Red/Green/Blue Weight: 20g Size: 131x25.1x10.9 It seems that there is a sort of new Mi Flora sensor . It is produced by a different company, but also licensed by Xiaomi. It looks pretty much the same as the Mi Flora bluetooth enabled sensor, but that is only at the outside. This version is very much simplified compared to the original and is not really a smart sensor. It does not measure fertility or temperature, the sensor only measures humidity and reports it's result with a RGB led: Red: not enough water Green: enough water Blue: too much water The humidity sensor is a capacitive sensor which means that it will not deteriorate over time like the shiny sensors . There is no app, so it only reports by pressing a (physical) button on the device. The led lights up and gives an indication about the soil humidity. Given that it requires you t...