IoT BASED FARM AUTOMATION
Abstract
The Indian economy is based on agriculture - about 70% of its population depends on agriculture and it contributes to 1/3rd of the national income. Therefore Automation of farm activities can transform agricultural domain from being manual and static to intelligent and dynamic leading to higher production with lesser human supervision. This project proposes an automated irrigation system which monitors and maintains the desired soil moisture content via automatic watering. Microcontroller PIC16F877A is used to implement the control unit. The setup uses soil moisture sensors which measure the exact moisture level in soil. This value enables the system to use appropriate quantity of water which avoids over/under irrigation, Temperature sensor LM35 is used to measure the temperature of the farm and Water level sensor is used to indicates water level of the tank. IOT is used to keep the farmers updated about the status of sprinklers. Information from the sensors is regularly updated on a webpage using ESP8266 through which a farmer can check whether the water sprinklers are ON/OFF at any given time. Also, the sensor readings are transmitted to a Thing speak channel to generate graphs for analysis.
How to cite this article:
Santosh MP, Hasan SA, Nirgude AS et al. IoT Based Farm Automation. J Adv Res Embed Sys 2019; 6(3&4): 21-24.
References
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