New Adventures in WiFi

I've previously experimented with trying to find  suitable off-the-shelf enclosures  to house my various controllers and sensors, and had come to the conclusion that the ideal scenario would be to build custom enclosures using a three-dimensional (3D) printer. In last year's Black Friday sales, I was amazed to come across one of the most common 3D printers, the Creality Ender 3 , and find out how cheap they were . Further, even the filament is reasonably priced . So, after a few months of deliberation, I finally took the plunge, and purchased an Ender 3. You can see a photo of the constructed printer here.

I've recently been working on a smart, wifi-enabled irrigation or watering controller for my garden, and have finally got it up and running. I'll start with a picture of the finished product, so you know where this is heading. I had a few ideas for how to achieve this, and over the last few months I've been examining different options, and recently took the plunge and purchased some hardware. I've been doing a number of projects with ESP8266 based hardware, Tasmota firmware, and Home Assistant and so it was inevitable any solution I put in place would feature those elements.