Hardware LabClient project
TankSense Automated Pump Controller
Automated multi-level overhead water tank controller with dry-run protection, ultrasonic water-depth sensing, and Wi-Fi mobile monitoring.
- overflow incidents
- 0
- consecutive days uptime
- 180+
The challenge
Overhead tanks continuously overflowed during municipal supply hours, wasting water and electricity while running pumps dry during droughts.
What we built
Custom industrial PCB with optocoupled relay triggers, ultrasonic sensor transceiver, ESP32 microcontroller, and local web dashboard with cloud status sync.
Tools
- ESP32
- KiCad
- AutoCAD
- C++
- MQTT
The result
Operating continuously for over 180 days with zero overflows and automatic dry-run pump cutoff.