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https://learn.adafruit.com/using-micros ... zure-setup
Hello I am trying to use the pyportal to do the soil sensor project (link above) but its asking me to set up a microsoft azure account and I don't feel comfortable signing up for something that might charge me and needs my credit card to work -- since a lot of young kids might be doing this also their parents might let them do this -- is there a way to do this project without paying for this (note that making an account requires you give them you credit card info) ???

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What is the point of that whole account -- setting one up is SO SO hard and has so many steps and it says it will be charging me $25/month?

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That is from Microsoft, not Adafruit. There are other ways on other sites to do similar projects.

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Could you provide some links? I couldn’t find another example project that uses the soil sensor and the pyportal- thanks!!

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Exactly what is it you are trying to do?

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Azure is a PAID IoT service which is not run by Adafruit - you will be charged for usage.

We just released a version of this guide which uses Adafruit IO (does not ask for your credit card): https://learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-pet ... dafruit-io

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I am trying to use the soil sensor (https://www.adafruit.com/product/4026) and the PyPortal (https://www.adafruit.com/product/4465) screen just connected together by a stemma plug to display facts about my plant BUT without this iot craziness of online accounts and stuff? Sorry pretty new to this stuff!

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Mathpun wrote:I am trying to use the soil sensor (https://www.adafruit.com/product/4026) and the PyPortal (https://www.adafruit.com/product/4465) screen just connected together by a stemma plug to display facts about my plant BUT without this iot craziness of online accounts and stuff? Sorry pretty new to this stuff!
Check out this guide page for info about using the soil sensor without the internet
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ste ... ython-test

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