Irrighino has been one of my most appreciated projects: it’s a automatic irrigation system – based on Arduino Yun – with a web-based interface, optimized for smartphones.
After having published the project on this blog, it was reviewed by Open Electronics and a dedicated shield was also produced. The shield is still sold on Futurashop:
When it was launched the new Arduino Yun (named Rev.2) and the Yun Shield, the Linux distribution running on the board, OpenWrt, was updated as well. In particular, a key component for Irrighino has been replaced with its newer version, the php engine.
The commands you have to issue on your Yun to install all the required components for Irrighino now are:
install php with cgi and cli
opkg install php7 php7-cgi php7-cli
install curl, json and sqlite modules
opkg install php7-mod-curl php7-mod-json php7-mod-pdo php7-mod-pdo-sqlite
install zoneinfo
opkg install zoneinfo-core zoneinfo-europe
(replace zoneinfo-europe with the one related to your continent)
Final step is to configure the uhttpd webserver to run the php engine.
Edit the /etc/config/uhttpd file adding the following line (pay attention to its position!):
then restart the webserver with:
Now the Yun is ready to run Irrighino!
