Open AccessSENSOR AND CLOUD BASED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH ARDUINO: A TECHNICAL REVIEW
Author(s) -
J.H. Patel,
Ektakumari Patel,
Priya Pati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2019.v03i11.005
Subject(s) - arduino , cloud computing , computer science , irrigation , embedded system , operating system , environmental science , ecology , biology
Agriculture plays very important role in Indian economy.Due to scarcity of water in many villages of india, 50% of this water is wasted due to overwatering caused by inefficiencies in traditional irrigation methods and systems. It is harmful for plants and also for soil. Motivation came from the countries where economy is based on agriculture and the climatic conditions lead to lack of rains & scarcity of water. Irrigation is one of the method to supply water but in some cases, there will be lot of water wastage. The farmers working in the farm lands are purely dependent on the rains and bore wells for irrigation of the land. Even if the farm land has a water-pump, manual intervention by farmers is needed to turn the pump on/off whenever required. The aim of our project is to minimize this manual intervention by the farmer, 1) To develop a wireless controlled smart irrigation system using IOT which detects soil moisture and accordingly water the crops. This saves water, electricity and human efforts. Also maintains fertility of the land. 2) The irrigation is done only when there is not enough moisture in the soil and the threshold value decides when the pump should be turned on/off, saves a lot time for the farmers. According to data obtained from sensor, Cloud platform will on/off water motor as per the decided threshold value. This is a complete automated where devices communicate among themselves and apply the intelligence in irrigating. This can be developed using low cost embedded devices like