Greenhouse Monitoring and Controlling Using LabVIEW Automation

Abstract

Traditional greenhouses need to regulate or monitor and control the climactic condition changes to grow healthy plants and other crops. A greenhouse control system should ideally include data collecting, transmission, and remote monitoring. This paper design a system of a model that controls and monitor the temperature, light intensity and soil moisture level right and left side of the soil by sensing the values from sensors and controlling the temperature, and moisture of the soil using one fan, water pumps accordingly. Monitoring and controlling a greenhouse environment collects data from sensors that affect the pace of growth of healthy plants. The system has several physical characteristics to measure, including temperature, light intensity, and moisture. These parameters were sensed using sensors and current/live data was supplied to a computer software Lab view application using an NI DAQ card. Using these measured parameters, save it in a notepad file format and then use Excel to analyze the data for any system or greenhouse modifications or corrections. Recently, the market has seen significant advancements in the automation business. Automation is involved in every sector such as in smart homes, smart industry, and smart agriculture. Greenhouses are a significant means for farmers in rural and urban regions to benefit from automatic monitoring and management of greenhouse environment parameters, which will replace direct human monitoring.