IOT Based Smart Irrigation System
IOT Based Smart Irrigation System
IOT Based Smart Irrigation System
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3. PROPOSED SYSTEM
The system is a combination of hardware and software
components. The hardware part consists of embedded system
and software is the webpage designed using PHP. The
webpage is hosted online and consists of a database in which
readings from sensors are inserted using the hardware.
4. METHODOLOGY
Water sprinkler control was achieved by setting a threshold
value at which irrigation should begin. When the sensors
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detect moisture content before the threshold, the sprinklers are switched on when the moisture content is low. The threshold
switched on till the soil is completely moist. Figure 5 shows values depend on the type of soil used.
the flow chart of the system.
Readings from the two sensors were also transmitted to a
THINGSPEAK channel to obtain graphs. ThingSpeak is an
YL-69 soil
open data platform and API for the Internet of Things that
moisture sensor
enables you to collect, store, analyze, visualize, and act on
data from sensors or actuators, such as Arduino.
Analogue value of
moisture content from soil
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The values obtained through sensors enable the system to
Arduino Uno
switch the sprinkler on and off. A farmer can remotely
monitor the irrigation process on the farm. Hence, the system
Sensor resistance contributed in making a smart farm. Table 2 depicts the
values readings of the two YL-69 soil moisture sensors taken over a
period of one hour.
GSM GPRS
Table 2 depicts readings from two YL-69 soil moisture
SIM900A modem
sensors one of which was inserted in over irrigated soil and
the other in soil with initial moisture content 79% . The
Moisture content Moisture content
readings were taken over a period of one hour to observe the
value (%) range (low or high) rate at which moisture content in soil is reducing when the
sprinklers are off. These readings are transmitted to the
Thingspeak Cloud Online database for website and thingspeak channel. Figure 5 and 6 display the
Server the webpage graphs plotted.
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7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank my guide Prof Sajidha SA who
supported me through the different phases of the project.
Also, I am grateful to VIT University for providing me the
resources which led to successful implementation of the
project.
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Irrigation System with IOT: A Technical
systems, along with their features and drawbacks. The
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proposed system can be used to switch on/off the water
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the process online through a website. Through this project it
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in farming with the use of IOT and automation. Thus, the Palash Kumar Saha “Water-Saving Irrigation System
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following recommendations can be put into consideration. Using a Distributed Wireless Sensor Network by
Option of controlling the water pump can be given to the Yunseop (James) Kim, Member, IEEE, Robert G. Evans,
farmer i.e. he can switch on/off the pump in order to start/stop and William M. Iversen, IEEE Transaction on
the process of irrigation without being present at the farm. Instrumentation and Measurement, VOL.57
The farmer may choose to stop the growth of crops or the
crops may get damaged due to adverse weather conditions. In [11] Thingspeak : https:// thingspeak.com/
such cases farmer may need to stop the system remotely. The [12] Alexandros Kaloxylos, Robert Eigenmann, Frederick
idea of using IOT for irrigation can be extended further to Teye, Zoi Politopoulou, Sjaak Wolfert, Claudia Shrank,
other activities in farming such as cattle management, fire Markus Dillinger, Ioanna Lampropoulou, Eleni
detection and climate control. This would minimalize human Antoniou, Liisa Pesonen, Huether Nicole, Floerchinger
intervention in farming activities.
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