Remote Farm Monitoring and Irrigation System

Zena Faysal,Ghassan Mohammed

doi:10.33899/csmj.2021.170016

Abstract

The research deals with the intelligent irrigation system using the Internet of Things (IoT) via Low cost and low power system on chip microcontrollers including integrated Wi-Fi with dual-mode Bluetooth ESP32. The objectives of this project are to investigate the concept of an intelligent irrigation system using the Internet of Things, to develop a system using the aforementioned controller that processes data from the soil sensor that automatically irrigates the plant and analyzes the soil status of the plants. In real-time via the smartphone connected to the Internet. The study scope focuses on cropping and horticulture. Sensors had to be installed for each plant as it was necessary to know the condition of the soil. A water pump must also be added to each plant to save water. This project requires the Blynk application which is a platform with IOS and Android apps to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the likes over the Internet. It’s a digital dashboard where you can build a graphic interface for your project by simply dragging and dropping widgets. Software on smartphone and hardware implementation which can detect environment condition using (DHT22: Temperature and Humidity sensor) sensor and soil moisture sensor. The results of this paper are based on the experiments performed.

Highlights

A connection between climate policies and water management, the probable global warming consequences led to a reconsideration of water adaptation procedures to ensure the water is available for people and for food production for maintaining ecosystems [1]
Many studies aiming to control water usage in irrigation have been made; some of them deal with adopting social, economic and climate change policies. They explain the role of technology in improving water management [2]
Taking into consideration that the commercial sensors-based system used in agriculture and irrigation is very expensive, smaller farmers are unable to use this system in their farms

Summary

Introduction

A connection between climate policies and water management, the probable global warming consequences led to a reconsideration of water adaptation procedures to ensure the water is available for people and for food production for maintaining ecosystems [1]. Many studies aiming to control water usage in irrigation have been made; some of them deal with adopting social, economic and climate change policies. They explain the role of technology in improving water management [2]. Manufacturers are offering low-cost sensors embedded in the nodes to be used for managing irrigation and monitoring agriculture. The mobile application makes the Wi-Fi connection of the Smartphone transmit the estimated value to the gate using a router node for controlling a water pump for irrigation [8]. In 2019, Diana Rwegasira Josephat Kalezhi proposed a system of manageable and smart DC microgrid watering using multi-operator frameworks with IoT enabled sensors for agricultural irrigation. The pest’s intelligent seeds corporation including sensors of motion and humidity, camera Raspberry Pi 3, dehumidifier starter, rodent repellent, etc., and Indian effective food corporation [11]

Theoretical Background

Hardware Implementation

Discussion

Turning Water Pump ON

Conclusions