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IRRIGATION CONTROL SYSTEM-SOIL MOISTURE/HUMIDITY&TEMPERATURE |
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AGRICULTURE RELATED SOIL MOISTURE SENSING WITH SMS&AUTO DIALER |
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MODERN IRRIGATION SYSTEM -LANDLORD GET SMS FROM SOIL |
EMBEDDED SYSTEM BASED GSM
COMMUNICATION FOR AUTOMATIC
IRRIGATION CONTROL SYSTEM
IEEE
Reference: Wireless sensor network based remote
irrigation control system and Automation using DTMF code.
Abstract:
Agriculture is a
source of livelihood of majority Indians and has
great impact on the economy of the country. In dry areas or in case of
inadequate rainfall, irrigation becomes difficult.
So, it needs to be automated for proper yield and
handled remotely for farmer safety. In this paper we suggest a Wireless sensor network and Embedded based technique to control
water flow for sectored, sprinkler or drip section irrigation.
This system will be very economical in terms of the
hardware cost, power consumption and call charges.
In places such as
agriculture lands, there is a continuous need for monitoring the water level at
particular places. In places such as drip irrigation for coconuts and bananas,
the water is let out through pipes directly to each field. A person has to
carefully monitor the water level at regular intervals. His job becomes tedious
during night times and for
frequent power cuts. Sometimes there is wastage of water and electricity due to
negligence and other times there is a hard job for the user. The project helps
in automating this job.
This is
highly helpful in places such as drip irrigation system where there are many
flow pipes but does not require any change in the agricultural fields. Further
there is a wireless communication device consisting of very high frequency
transceiver. It helps to coordinate any action between the controlling
authority and the fields. So each field can be placed as a separate wireless
node and these field transceivers act as a high speed wireless network.
The
project proposes a water level sensor at each place where the water has to be
monitored. When the motor is switched on the sensors are activated and the
fields are irrigated automatically. Once the water reaches a particular level
which may even take hours, the system takes appropriate steps to regulate or even
stop the water flow.
The
farmers’ job gets over immediately after switching the power supply. The
circuit also monitors the water in the well/bore well so that if the water
level goes very low it
switches off the main motor to prevent dry run and also to prevent damage to
the motor.
The
project houses a high speed microcontroller and water sensors at different
fields and inside the well. These sensors are attached to the microcontroller
and are controlled accordingly using motor and water control circuits.
The
microcontroller used is a high Speed microcontroller for fault free operation.
It has a variety of advantages over conventional old microcontrollers such as
RISC architecture, larger memory word, fast operation and a host of inbuilt
features such as ADC, communication protocols etc.,
The
project also houses a GSM modem where the user can easily be notified by any
fault in the system or if all fields are properly irrigated or if there is no
sufficient water in the well. The same can be used to switch on the system and
off by simply sending an SMS. This scheduling helps greatly because as
agriculture power supplies are provided only at a particular time of day and
not all hours. This is highly helpful in places if the user is out of his home
for any purpose or
his home is far away from his agricultural land which is a common scenario.
This
helps in precious saving of water and electricity and eases the job of the
person. The project can be used in large agricultural lands, coconut
plantations and many other plantations and even in home environment or
industries and colleges where there are large gardens to monitor and irrigate them automatically.
Hardware
Components:
1.
Embedded Microcontroller – PIC
16F877
2.
GSM module
3.
Relays
4.
Relay Drive
5.
HUMITITY/TEMP
6.
SOIL MOISTURE
7.
WIPER MOTOR
Software
Tools:
1. Eagle for PCB
design
3. OrCAD for Schematic
Design
4. MPLAB IDE for
controller programming
Advantages:
1.
This system
will be very economical in terms of the hardware cost and power consumption.
2.
This helps in precious saving of
water and electricity and eases the job of the person.
3.
It can be implemented in large
agricultural areas.
4.
By the use of GSM the user can
control the motor from anywhere by just sending SMS.
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