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Volume 8, Issue 10, October 2017, pp. 1304–1314, Article ID: IJCIET_08_10_133
Available online at http://http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJCIET?Volume=8&Issue=10
ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN Online: 0976-6316
R.RAMASAMY
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Vel Tech University, Chennai, India
S.JANARTHANAN
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Latha Mathavan Engineering College, Madurai, India
M. VASIMBABU
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
KKR and KSR Institute of Technology and Sciences, Guntur, India
ABSTRACT
In the proposed Irrigation system IoT is implemented, in this system all the information
that are received from the sensors and the various parameters are given to the arduinouno
microcontroller as an analog input. A preset value of soil moisture sensor is fixed in
microcontroller and also for fencing. When it goes beyond the particular threshold value
water is automatically irrigated to the crops and once the required amount of water is
fulfilled it stops. The Microcontroller transmits that information on the internet through a
network of IoT in the form of wifi module ESP8266 that is attached to it. This enhances
automated irrigation as the water pump can be switched on or off through information
given to the controller. This proposed Irrigation system is used to get the chlorophyll
content and nitrogen content of the leaf using LDR and Laser. This approach is for the
advancement of irrigation process by automatic method without manpower by measuring
various parameters related to the field and thus improves irrigation.
Key words: IoT, Irrigation system, Soil moisture sensor and Wifi module.
1. INTRODUCTION
In India, agriculture plays an important role for development in food production. In our country,
agriculture are depends on the monsoons which is not sufficient source of water. So the irrigation
is used in agriculture field [1], [7]. In Irrigation system, depending upon the soil type, water is
provided to plant [1], [2]. In conventional Automatic irrigation system based on ARMs and RF
module. All the system will be setup using ARM and RF module [1], [2]. The most important
factor of this system is RF module which is used to send and receiving the message to the
controller. This system used three nodes which communicate each other and irrigate paddy field
automatically [1]. The conventional Automatic irrigation system is to modernizing agriculture
technology by programming components and built the necessary component for the system. The
system is real time based and extracts the exact condition of paddy field [5]. There is one central
node used which to control other node [1]. The main function of RF module is to pass the message
to the node and operate the system.
In [2] ARM Based Agricultural Field Monitoring System using GSM is mainly focused on
modernizing the irrigation technology in agriculture and also to provide adequate irrigation in
particular area [6]. The set up consists of mainly ARM7TDMI core and GSM. GSM operates
through SMS and is a link between ARM processor and centralized unit [2]. ARM7TDMI is an
advanced microprocessor and forms the heart of the system. This project aims at modernizing the
agricultural technology by programming the components and building the necessary hardware to
automate farming [13]. This project is mainly used to detect the exact field condition as well as
weather conditions in real time. The information is given on user request in the form of SMS. GSM
modem is controlled with the help of standard set of AT (Attention) commands. These commands
are used to control majority of the functions of GSM modem.
In the design of a model an irrigation system based on wireless sensor network (WSN). The
user-controller provided with information from the receiver board (master) that transmits the
sensed data (as current parameter of the plant) through the transmitter board (slave) [3], [10]. The
receiver board AT89C51 used to a PC monitor via serial connection and forming a database for
future uses. Matlab/Simulink and Neural Network used for the control system to improve the
performance [14]. In the prototype design of microcontroller based automatic irrigation system
which will allow irrigation to take place in zones where watering is required, while bypassing
zones where adequate soil moisture is indicated [4], [11].
In [4], [5] it was proposed for home garden automation system using raspberry pi, Arduino and
xbee modules. Information given by the user through mail by python programming language.
Raspberry pi, Xbee used to control the system wirelessly for short distance. The water can be
dripped to the roots through tubes and solenoid valves. Raspberry pi serves as a pocket personal
computer with Linux operating system. In conventional method it involves the person to initiate
the process through email by creating an email account as irrigate for “X minutes”. And this
message is passed to the Arduino through raspberry pi. From Arduino the information goes to
relay. Based on the information given from the user the relay activates pump to switch on and off
condition. Through solenoid valve water from the tank is passed to the roots of the plants in the
garden. The working scenario is explained in the above sections. So for a notification which is
only suitable for limited pots in the garden. And information cannot be viewed from anywhere
also.
includes a small delay before the echo pulse to give slower controllers such as the Basic Stamp
and Picaxe time to execute their pulse in commands.
signal is converted into light energy. The LDR is used as a light sensor to measure the light level
emitted from the laser transmitter. The output of this sensor is compared with a comparator circuit.
The output signal is given to microcontroller.
When LDR is subjected to light, its resistance become 10K and hence the droop at the
inverting terminal is less than at the non-inverting terminal. Hence the output from comparator is
-Vsat indicating normal condition. When the LDR is subjected to darkness, its resistance 100 K
and thus the drop at the non-inverting terminal is greater than that at the inverting terminal.
Hence the output from this +Vsat indicating a faulty condition light dependent resistor or cadmium
sulfide (CdS) cell is a resistor whose resistance decreases with increasing incident light intensity.
Thus the light information is processed in microcontroller then given to Wi-Fi module and then it
is transmitted through the IoT network to the user.
The read and Write strobes of the Host, which provides the ‘E’ signal, should not be linked to
the Module‘s R/W line. An address bit, which sets up earlier in the Host Machine Cycle, can be
used as R/W. When the host Processor is so fast that the strobes are too narrow to serve as the ‘E’
pulse.
When the Controller is performing an internal operation the Busy Flag (BF) will set and will
not accept any instruction. The user should check the Busy Flag or should provide a delay of
approximately 2ms after each instruction. The module presents to difficulties while interfacing
slower MPUs. The liquid crystal Display Module can be interfaced, either to 4-bit or 8-bit MPUs.
For 4-bit data interface, the bus lines DB4 to DB7 are used for data transfer while DB0 to DB3
lines are disabled. The data transfer is complete when the 4-bit data has been transferred twice.
The Busy flag must be checked after the 4-bit data has been transferred twice. Two more 4-bit
operations then transfer the Busy Flag and Address
In the relay section which contains relays and drivers. The microcontroller gives a logic high
output has to drive deliver the corresponding load like pump ON /OFF. Relays have unique
properties and are replaced with solid state switches that are strong than solid-state devices. High
current capacities, capability to stand ESD and drive circuit isolation are the unique properties of
relays.
3. RESULTS
Figure-3. Shows the setup of proposed irrigation system. In which all the components mentioned
in the block diagram is connected to measure the real time values of the soil.
Figure 3 Set up of proposed irrigation system Figure 4 Real time parameters of the soil
Figure-4. Shows that the real time parameters of the soil that is the soil temperature, Humidity,
value of chlorophyll of the crop and height of the crop. Whenever the soil moisture is below the
span of reference value then the signal is transmitted to the user through the Wi-Fi module and the
IoT server that signal is received by the user device and the command is sent though the same path
and the corrective action is takes place.
Figure 5 Temperature and Humidity value of the soil displayed in the user device.
Thus after the signal conditioning process the value of humidity and the temperature of the soil
is transmitted through the Wi-Fi module of the proposed irrigation system and then it is received
to the user device through the open source IoT server technoartista. Then the real time data of the
soil and crops such as temperature, humidity of the soil and chlorophyll, height of the crop is
transmitted. Thus the humidity and the moisture signal is viewed by the user is in relative to the
time. Whenever the signal is deviated from the span of reference value of the proposed irrigation
system then the corresponding signal is transmitted to the field section by the user. Thus the
received humidity signal is relative to the time. The Figure-5. Shows the humidity value with
respect to time, at a particular time the user can monitor the humidity value of the field area.
Whenever the humidity value is changes the proposed irrigation system responds the signal which
is received from the user.
4. CONCLUSION
The proposed irrigation system for agricultural purpose can measure the Soil moisture, temperature
of the field and transmits the real time data to the user through the Wi-Fi and IoT server, if there
is any deviation from the span of reference value, then the user can send the command through the
IoT server to maintain the set point value of field parameter for a proper irrigation and proposed
IoT based irrigation system is better than the recently proposed other irrigation systems.
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