Smart Agriculture – Automatic Monitoring of Soil Moisture and Irrigation Control for Farming Land

Rajeswaran Nagalingam^1*, Vijayalakshmi Chintamaneni², Kannan Paramasivan³ and Muruganantham Ponnusamy⁴

¹Department of ECE, Malla Reddy College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

²Department of ECE, St.peter’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

³Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College (Autonomous), Tirunelveli. Tamil Nadu, India.

⁴Deputy Registrar, Indian institute of Information Technology Kalyani, West Bengal, India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: rajeswarann@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.11.3.30

Abstract:

In this article, we proposed an integrated application of automatic moisture and Irrigation control using Real-Time Clock (RTC) and Light-Dependent Resistor (LDR). The main idea of this paper is predicated on using as little energy as possible. In this work, we use the DS1307 real-time clock module to automatically switch on or off motor dependent on the time of day. The sensors are used for monitoring the soil conditions in agriculture field. Programming controls the timing of when the device is active. The most significant benefit of the proposed design is the reduction of risk associated with potential crashes and save water. Motors on the farm are often switched on at dry time and left OFF on wet conditions till necessity. Their operation is entirely automatic. Because of the protection of the farmers from the electrical shock during the rainy season, this proposed design intends to automate the operation of soil monitoring and irrigation in order to reduce water, power consumption and advance technological progress in agriculture farms and support in smart India. A significant amount of electricity is lost in the typical lighting system; however, this may be prevented with automatic control employing LDR.

Keywords:

Agriculture; Automation; Energy Efficiency; Power Consumption; Soil Moisture;, Smart Framing

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