IoT-Based Low-Cost Automated Irrigation System for Smart Farming

Water is an essential resource in agriculture and its optimal management plays a major role. The important objective of this paper is to provide an automated irrigation system to minimize the utilization of in agriculture by combining the advanced technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), optimization tools and cloud computing. This automatic irrigation system installs low cost sensors to sense variables of interest such as soil moisture, soil type, and weather conditions. The data obtained is then directly stored in the web page and can be monitored using mobile or through Pc. The data from the field is transmitted to the cloud using global system for mobile communication (GSM) cellular networks. Then an optimization model is used to compute the optimal irrigation rate which is automated using a solenoid valve controlled by Pic microcontroller. The previous variables of interest are stored in the cloud and accessible as a service to the agronomists. This proposed approach is demonstrated on a pilot scale cultivated capability and our results demonstrate the reduced water utilization, data-availability improvement and picturing

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IoT based Solar Powered Irrigation System and Farm Monitoring

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.i7799.078919 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 544-547

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Web Server ◽

Threshold Level ◽

Basic Operation ◽

Water Deficiency ◽

Smart Farming ◽

Solar Powered ◽

Automated Irrigation System ◽

Soil Level

Agriculture plays a important role in Indian economy. The main issues which are faced in farming are water deficiency and high costs expected by labours. These major issues can be solved using smart automated irrigation system. So we proposed an renesas based smart farming using solar panel. This system consists of 3 sensors temperature, soil moisture and luminosity and senses the soil level. when soil moisture is less than the threshold level, the water is pumped to the crop. Various numbers of operations are performed in the agriculture field. Very basic operation is seeding. But the present methods of seeding are problematic. The equipments which are used for seed sowing are inconvenient to handle. So there is a need to develop the system which reduce the efforts of farmers. This system introduces a efficient mechanism which aims to drop seeds at desired position with specified distance between two seeds and lines while sowing. These operations are controlled by the human using mobile using GSM. The Reneses controller passes the information which is gathered from various sensors to Amazon web server utilizing GPRS.

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A low cost microcontroller-based automated irrigation system for two Ethiopian crops in a dry area

Science Technology and Arts Research Journal ◽

10.4314/star.v4i3.30 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 192

Author(s):

Yenenesh Alemu ◽

Tsegaye Mamo ◽

Ashenafi Bezabih ◽

Fekadu Setegn ◽

Jemal Endris ◽

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Keyword(s):

Irrigation System ◽

Low Cost ◽

Automated Irrigation System

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Embedded Based Drip Irrigation System using WSN and GSM Module

International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication ◽

10.17762/ijritcc.v7i10.5360 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (10) ◽

pp. 05-07

Author(s):

Mohini Chaudhari ◽

Chaitali Das ◽

Manisha Awari ◽

Pallavi Bhoye ◽

Prof. Satish Shrivastava

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Low Cost ◽

Vital Role ◽

Wireless Sensor ◽

Indian Agriculture ◽

Considerable Problem ◽

The Government ◽

Automated Irrigation System ◽

Experimental Level

Agriculture plays the vital role in economics and survival of people in India. Nowadays Indian agriculture faces a two major problem. We know the government has promoted a free supply of electricity to farmers for irrigation purpose to run their motors and pumps. But it is found that the farmers misusing the electricity to run their home appliances such as radio, TV, fans, and etc. This misuse of electricity has brought a considerable problem for government to supply free electricity. The main objective of this project is to design low cost Automated Irrigation System using a Wireless Sensor Network and GPRS Module. The main aim of this project is to provide embedded based system for irrigation to reduce the manual monitoring of the field and GPRS gives their information. This proposed system recognizes whether the free electricity has been used excluding electric motors for pumping water and if so electricity is being misused, it shuts the total stockpile for the farmers through a tripping circuit. By using wireless networks we can intimate the electricity board about this mal convention. The development of this project at experimental level within rural areas is presented and the implementation has to exhibit that the automatic irrigation can be used.

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Development of a microclimatic monitoring station for precision agriculture with long distances wireless communication system

The Academic Society Journal ◽

10.32640/tasj.2018.4.205 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 205-213

Author(s):

JCM Lautert ◽

RJ Santos ◽

Evandro Drigo ◽

Adriana Del Monaco

Keyword(s):

Wireless Communication ◽

Precision Agriculture ◽

Large Scale ◽

Energy Savings ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Low Cost ◽

New Technology ◽

Controlled System ◽

Wireless Monitoring ◽

Smart Farming

In the scene of new technology for Smart Farming it is important to develop a low cost station that can be monitored remotely. This would make it easier for farmers to monitor different stations (within a radius of up to 15 km). In addition, the use of several wireless monitoring stations is considered advantageous because it generates a decrease in the amount of water used, avoiding waste due to the connection of the irrigation pivots without the real need. In addition, it also generates energy savings, saving resources in general. The main applications are in precision farming, for example, in control of irrigation pivots in large-scale crops, such as wheat and soybean plantations. This project developed a micro controlled system for radio frequency wireless communication (LoRa), since these plantations are generally not located in places with access to the electric and cellular networks. The main functions are to monitor temperature and humidity, soil and air, as well as to know the location (GPS) of each station, to feed microclimatic databases that allow the control of irrigation system and better planning of the use of pesticides.

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An Automated System for Monitoring Soil Moisture and Controlling Irrigation Using Low-cost Open-source Microcontrollers

HortTechnology ◽

10.21273/horttech.25.1.110 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 110-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi ◽

Sue K. Dove ◽

Marc W. van Iersel

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Open Source ◽

Direct Current ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Low Cost ◽

Automated System ◽

Irrigation Systems ◽

On Demand ◽

Soil Moisture Sensors ◽

Automated Irrigation System

Substrate volumetric water content (VWC) is a useful measurement for automated irrigation systems. We have previously developed automated irrigation controllers that use capacitance sensors and dataloggers to supply plants with on-demand irrigation. However, the dataloggers and accompanying software used to build and program those controllers make these systems expensive. Relatively new, low-cost open-source microcontrollers provide an alternative way to build sensor-based irrigation controllers for both agricultural and domestic applications. We designed and built an automated irrigation system using a microcontroller, capacitance soil moisture sensors, and solenoid valves. This system effectively monitored and controlled VWC over a range of irrigation thresholds (0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 m3.m−3) with ‘Panama Red’ hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella) in a peat:perlite substrate. The microcontroller can be used with both regular 24-V alternating current (AC) solenoid valves and with latching 6- to 18-V direct current (DC) solenoid valves. The technology is relatively inexpensive (microcontroller and accessories cost $107, four capacitance soil moisture sensors cost $440, and four solenoid valves cost $120, totaling $667) and accessible. The irrigation controller required little maintenance over the course of a 41-day trial. The low cost of this irrigation controller makes it useful in many horticultural settings, including both research and production.

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