Abstract

ABSTRACT One way of providing irrigation water to improve irrigation efficiency is the use of solar power-based automatic control systems. This technological innovation was designed by utilizing digital technology, microcontroller and sensor network. This automatic control system operates based on the value of soil moisture as the lower set point value and the upper set point value to set the pump on/off. The aims of this research are to develop a solar-powered automatic control system with reference to the control of soil moisture for set on/off the pump and can keep the soil moisture from the water capacity. The stages of the research are hardware design of solar-powered control systems, design of automatic control system software, design of sprinkler irrigation networks, testing and data analysis. The results showed that the total power to operate an automatic sprinkler irrigation system of 67.0 Watt and can reduce battery consumption of 234.7 Watt. The use of a 30 Wp solar panel unit is able to meet the power needed for the automatic control system during the experiment. Key words: automatic control system, microcontroller, solar power, sprinkler irrigation

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