So, recently I bought the ESP32 WROOM dev boards to try out MicroPython programming. I was having problems seeing a path to defining a reasonable method to set the time/date, etc., using the Arduino NANO. I’m thinking I’ll need an app. I was feeling overwhelmed – doing that in Arduino language and with a tight budget on the memory. . . And providing a good user experience. So, the first day (after a few getting the correct software and drivers figured out), I have the ESP32 board connecting to the (import ntptime) National Time Server through the WIFI(import network), to set the internal RTC clock. Automatically. I could run this program each night at 3am.

With the ESP32, we can do this while monitoring the temp/humidity and waiting to turn on the pump to collect and distribute water.

That’s actually not much to do. Perfect for a microprocessor. We could even display the time/date and listen for the command word to converse via chat GPT about the settings. There are many other unused GPIO available. What else could this do?!

All open source. Maybe SkySprings will become a small branch on the GetHub Tree?