Open AccessDesign and Implementation of Solar Powered Automatic Pesticide Sprayer for Agriculture
Author(s) -
T. Anuradha,
K. Ramya,
R Selvam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1362/1/012048
Subject(s) - soil moisture sensor , transmitter , water content , environmental science , ultrasonic sensor , moisture , sprayer , irrigation , automatic control , signal (programming language) , precision agriculture , agricultural engineering , computer science , engineering , agriculture , electrical engineering , acoustics , control engineering , materials science , agronomy , mechanical engineering , channel (broadcasting) , geotechnical engineering , programming language , physics , ecology , composite material , biology
An automatic pesticide mixing and water level control of irrigation system powered by solar, using PLC and nrf24l01 module is focussed. The proposed system consist of pesticide mixer which automatically mixes the pesticide and water in particular ratio and the mixer is automatically sprayed to the field on the programmed date with the help of PLC. This system will also be useful in monitoring the soil moisture condition and level of the water in the field via moisture sensors and ultrasonic sensor which is connected in the transmitter side of the RF module. The system proposes a soil moisture sensor and ultrasonic sensor at each place in the field where the moisture content of the soil and water level in the field has to be monitored which is powered by solar. When moisture content in the soil is low or water level in the field is below certain level, the transmitter RF sends a signal to the receiver RF and accordingly the motor is turned ON/OFF with the help of PLC.