Intelligent and energy efficient irrigation monitoring system usin cloud based communication

Internet Of Things (IoT)is a shared network of objects or things which can interact with each other provided the internet connection. Smart Agriculture helps to reduce wastage, effective usage of fertilizer and thereby increase the crop yield. In this work, a system is developed to monitor diff

Project Title

Intelligent and energy efficient irrigation monitoring system usin cloud based communication

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

Internet Of Things (IoT)is a shared network of objects or things which can interact with each other provided the internet connection. Smart Agriculture helps to reduce wastage, effective usage of fertilizer and thereby increase the crop yield. In this work, a system is developed to monitor different field parameters like temperature, humidity and Moisture Level of soil and automate the  irrigation system. The data from sensors are sent to web server database using GSM/GPRS Module. In server database the data are encoded in JSON format. The irrigation is automated if the moisture level of field is HIGH or LOW and in this system the farmers can control irrigation system manually as well. Since we are using GPRS technology so, the farmers’ can able to monitor the field conditions and control the irrigation system from anywhere at any time. The system is energy efficient in the sense because we are using solar to power up the project so, it can be useable in those areas that have an electicity problem.

Project Objectives

Water Conservation:

Soil moisture sensors allow for water use only when and where needed.

Real-Time Data give:

Farmers can visualize Temperature, Humidity and soil moisture in real time and remotely to accelerate decision making process.

Lowered Operation Costs:

Automating processes in irrigation can reduce resource consumption, human error and overall cost.

Efficient and Saves Time:

The machine-to-machine interaction provides better efficiency, hence; accurate results can be obtained fast. This results in saving valuable time. Instead of repeating the same tasks every day, it enables people to do other creative jobs.

Increase in productivity:

Water is provided to the field when it needed based on the sensor values so it will increase the productivity of the field as well.

Project Implementation Method

At first stage of our project we design the whole block diagram of our project to analyze which components is required for our project. Then we buy the components. After testing the components we takes lot of time to do reasearch on webserver, that which IoT Platform is best suited for our project. After selecting the IoT Platform we do the sensors programming first we sent the just one sensor data that is YL-69 Soil Mositure on the Thinger.io Webserver. At that time we test our project by using wifi. Then we intergrate the GSM/GPRS Module to the Microcontroller and then again sent the data of one sensor on the server. After successfully sending the data on the server we do the programming of the other sensors as well. In programming we set the condition that if the moisture level of the field is Low then turn on the irrigation system and vice versa. We create the Dashboard on Thinger.io Server that shows all the fields parameters to the farmer. At last we work on the hardware side to setup the solar, create fields and design the prototype with the wodden frame and acrylic sheet. 

Benefits of the Project

There are lots of benefits of our Project some of them are listed below:

Reduce the Wastage of Water.

Reduce Man Power.

Time Saving.

It can be control and Moniter from anywhere at anytime.

Irrigation system is automatic. Due to which Crops Productivity will increase.

Since we are using Solar Energy So, it can also be applicable in those areas where no electricity.

GSM/GPRS tecnology is everywhere So this project will work at anywhere.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

We are using GSM/GPRS Module that will sent data to the Web server called thinger.io. Thinger.io is an Open Source Free IoT Platform that allow us to connect our devices to the Cloud Infrastructure. We have create the device on it and connect it using GPRS.

The purpose of our project is to smart the irrigation system. Basically this is the pure IoT based project. By using IoT platform we are able to sent the field parameter like temperature, Humidity and Soil Moisture to the cloud. Farmer just need to open the server and Moniter the field form anywhere. Farmer can control the irrigation system as well. To sense the moisture level of the field we have used YL-69 soil moisture sensor and DHT22 for sensing the value of temperature and Humidity. Sensors sense the data and sent it to the microcontroller that is arduino mega the arduino mega will transmitt this data to Pi and then  to the GSM/GPRS 800L Module and then by using GPRS Service, Module will sent this data to the server through API (Application Program Interface).

We also use Buck Converter that will convert the 12V input of Solar to fixed 5V and then we provide it to the microcontroller and GSM/GPRS Module as well.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Type of Industry

IT , Agriculture , Telecommunication

Technologies

Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption and Production, Life on Land

Required Resources

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