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Smart Drip Irrigation System using IoT with Artificial Lights
Aditya Tripathi
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, Ankit Kr. Maurya
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, Adarsh Pal
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, Mrs. Anamika Gupta
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UG Final Year Students, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, RKGIT College, U.P. India
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Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, RKGIT College, U.P. India
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Abstract - This paper explains the dangerous threat of the
scarcity of water that is happening due to the irregular and
non efficient use of the groundwater. Hence we must
understand that we should make an efficient and smart way to
irrigate a field. The system proposed here uses these data to
analyze the requirement of water in the field. The proposed
system uses ATmega328 microcontroller to analyze the data
given by the sensor to command the supply of water and it also
controls the amount of water that is to be used for irrigation
in the field. The various sensors present in the field are soil
moisture sensor and temperature sensor. Sensor used in the
field doesn't get triggered when enough water is present in the
field i.e. the moisture level is good but when the soil gets dry
then the soil moisture sensor send the information to the
microcontroller which commands the flow of water to start
the pump to irrigate the field. So there is a mechanism of
switching ON and OFF of the pump which provides the
scheduled water supply in required area. The main aim of the
system is to examine whether this automatic irrigation system
which is known as smart drip irrigation system can reduce the
wastage of water in the rural fields.
Key Words: ATMEGA328, Artificial Lights, Soil Moisture
Sensor YL69, ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module, Temperature Sensor
LM35
1. INTRODUCTION
We know that in India, agriculture plays a vital role in the
development. In our country the irrigation is primarily done
by the help of the rainwater or the groundwater which is
depleting the drinkable water. The irrigation depends on the
soil type in that particular area where irrigation is to be
done. We know that there are two things which are to be
considered while irrigation i.e. moisture content present in
the soil and the fertility of soil. Nowadays there are different
irrigation mechanism and techniques available, that is used
to reduce our dependency on the groundwater and rain for
irrigation. These techniques are dependent upon the
switching ON and OFF water pump to regulate the flow of
water in the field and involve the use of the water reservoir
and the moisture sensor which are placed on the root of
plant. As we know that soil moisture sensor has two parts,
first is electrical part and second is the sensor probe. The
Sensor Probe is placed inside the soil and it handles the data
to send it to the controller that commands the water flow to
provide required water. The actual parameter values can be
seen anytime by user in App.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
In [1] October 2017 V. Vinoth Kumar and his team member
proposed an irrigation system using IOT which receives
various sensor data and other atmospheric parameters from
the sensors. The data is sent from the various sensors like
soil moisture sensor and temperature sensor in analog form.
A predefined value of soil moisture is fixed in
microcontroller and when the moisture content becomes
less than this predefined value then system is triggered.
In [2] February 2017 Shrishti Rawal, explained how the
agricultural practices can be made lot easier with the help of
automation in the field rather than manual system. This give
the greater amount of yield and a very less human attention
is required after its implementation. Continuous monitoring
and maintenance can be insured with the help of the
proposed system. ATMEGA328 Microcontroller attached on
ARDUINO UNO board acts as a controlling unit. This system
enables the flow of water when the moisture of the soil is
below the threshold value.
In [3] September 2017 Arif Gori and Manglesh told that
ground water scarcity is a big problem in today's world.
There is immediate need of adopting advanced irrigation
systems which will be far better than our traditional
methods. This will ensure continuous surveillance and
conservation of water because this system monitors the
need of the field for water. Hence this system can lead to a
better agricultural practice.
In [4] March 2017 Dr. S. Joshi told about the system which
uses microcontroller and moisture sensor to control the
water flow in the field. The system involves the use of
humidity sensor, temperature sensor, Wi-Fi module and
various other sensors to make an automated irrigation
system. The fluctuation of the moisture level in the ground is
monitored and according to that the decision is taken by the
microcontroller which commands the water flow. If [5] the
sent value depicts that the moisture value is below a limit
then the requirement of water is fulfilled by the flow of