Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2017 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

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Advanced Automated Irrigation System

Deepak Ojha Biraj Pitroda
UG Student UG Student
Electronics and Telecommunication Electronics and Telecommunication
K.J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering And Information K.J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering And Information
Technology Technology

Kaushal Patel Manthan Senghani

UG Student UG Student
Electronics and Telecommunication Electronics and Telecommunication
K.J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering And Information K.J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering And Information
Technology Technology

Prof. Martand Jha

Assistant Professor
Electronics and Telecommunication
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology

Abstract-This paper is about Advanced Automated Irrigation altitudes, which makes any kind of plantation almost
System which makes use of new technologies for wireless impossible. The GSM based irrigation system may offer users
automatic system. Agriculture is the broadest economic sector the flexibility to regulate and control the operations of their
and plays an important role in the overall economic development irrigation systems with little intervention to reduce runoff
of a nation. Farming can be done using various new technologies
from over watering for improvement in crop yield. This
to yield higher growth of the crops and their more production.
The main objective of this project is to work for the same enables users to take advantage of the globally deployed GSM
mentioned above. In this project we are going to check networks with its low SMS service cost to use mobile phones
temperature, light, humidity, and soil moisture. The project here and simple SMS commands to manage their irrigation system.
is all about automated control features with latest electronic It will be possible for users to use SMS to monitor directly the
technology using microcontroller and GSM phone line. The conditions of their farmland, schedule the water needs of
project works automatically and hence reduces the man power. crops, automatically control watering, and set control
operational conditions in accordance with the water needs of
Keywords: Soil moisture sensor, Temperature sensor, Humidity crops. This will help minimize water logging and reduce the
sensor, automated irrigation, GSM Module, Microcontroller.
cost of crop production.
OBJECTIVE:
I. INTRODUCTION
Save water, energy and boost automation in the
agriculture sector [1]
We live in a world where everything can be controlled
Make handling of the system, a 2 way process
and operated automatically, but there are still a few important
manual and automatic
sectors in our country where automation has not been adopted
To design, build and test the system which will be
or not been put to a full-fledged use, perhaps because of one
economical, efficient and effortless
such reason is cost. One such field is agriculture. Ever since
civilization has come into picture, agriculture has been one of
II. TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED
the most important occupations of mankind. FARMS form an
important part of the agriculture and horticulture sectors in our
country as they can be used to grow crops under controlled A. GSM Module
climatic conditions for optimum production [1]. Automating a
farm envisages monitoring and controlling of the climatic . At present the GSM module is used for various Remote
parameters which directly or indirectly govern the crop growth Control activities such as Gate Control, Temperature Control
and hence their produce. India has various greenhouses where etc. GSM/GPRS module consists of a GSM/GPRS modem
the sub-zero temperature up to -40 C, in the proximity of high assembled together with power supply circuit and

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communication interfaces (like RS-232, USB) for computer. III. METHODOLOGY

The MODEM plays an important role in the functioning of
such modules. [2] It generates, transmits data from a cellular A. Previous scenario of Indian agriculture
network, and decodes it in a form required by the system for
The traditional methods of agriculture reveal the
establishing communication between the cellular network and
previous scenario of Indian agro system. The overall
the computer. [6] These are manufactured for specific cellular
agricultural processes were dependent on human efforts. No
network (GSM/UMTS/CDMA) or specific cellular data
signs of automation were visible in irrigation and crop
standard (GSM /UMTS /GPRS /EDGE / HSDPA) or
production harvesting techniques. Hence, due to the human
technology (GPS/SIM). They use serial communication to
errors and other default problems, the production was quite
interface with the user and need various commands and
slow and affected to a large extent [1]. After the 13th century,
functions such as Hayes compatible AT (Attention) commands
agricultural automation concept came into existence, and
for communication with the computer device (any
thereafter began the journey of progress in the field of
microprocessor or microcontroller system).[6] An RS-232 port
agriculture.
was once a standard feature of a personal computer for
connections to modems, printers, mouse, data storage, un-
B. Current scenario with market expectations
interruptible power supplies, and other peripheral devices.
However, the limited transmission speed, relatively large Further, after the introduction of farm monitoring, the
voltage swing, and large standard connectors motivated production of crops increased to some extent. Also, some new
development of the universal serial bus which has displaced innovative techniques had been implemented to grow up the
RS-232 from most of its peripheral interface roles. [2] Many environment and production of crops. Gradually with the
modern personal computers have no RS-232 ports and must increase in global population, the expectations and
use an external converter to connect to older peripherals. requirements of the market have increased to greater level. So,
Some RS-232 devices are still found especially in industrial in order to overcome this problem, different machineries have
machines or scientific instruments. arrived in the industry with various advanced techniques. Even
though, the sector was not totally automated that time and now
B. moisture sensor and precision centigrade temperature also it is not automated totally. So, this project trying to
sensors introduce automation in the agricultural sector, specially
focusing towards automation in farm irrigation.
Such sensors detect presence of any kind of liquid or moisture
content between two wire-leads and turns on the active High
C. Architecture
output to denote its presence. [1] This is because the exposed
wire is porous; that is it allows transmission of water vapors or This proposed system is an embedded system which
any liquid content into the sensor. These exposed areas are will monitor and control the microclimatic parameters closely
minutely engineered.[5] Thus the sensor has a very rapid of a greenhouse on a regular basis round the clock for
response to changes in applied moisture, both when being cultivation of crops or specific plant species which could
dried (on process start-up) and when called into action if there maximize their production over the whole crop growth season.
is moisture ingress into a process. These are the types of This system is designed to eliminate the difficulties involved
sensors mainly used for in the system by reducing human effort to the best possible
extent. The system consists of sensors, Analog to Digital
Interfacing with Microcontroller to detect liquid Converter, microcontroller and actuators [5][4][3]. When any
levels. of the above mentioned climatic parameters cross a safety
Moisture detection for automatic watering of plants. threshold which has to be maintained to protect the crops,
Liquid level detection by putting multiple probes at the sensors sense the change and the microcontroller reads
each liquid level. this from the data at its input ports after being converted to a
digital form by the ADC. The microcontroller performs the
Another important feature of this circuit is induction of needed actions with the help of relays until the strayed-out
Precision Centigrade Temperature Sensors. The LM35 is an parameter has been brought back to its optimum level. As a
integrated circuit sensor that can be used to measure microcontroller is the heart of the system, it makes the entire
temperature with an electrical output proportional to the set-up cost efficient and effective [3]. The system also uses an
temperature (in C). With LM35, the measurement of LCD display to continuously alert the user of the greenhouse
temperature is supposed to be more accurate than a thermostat. conditions so that the entire set-up becomes user friendly.
The sensor circuitry cannot get oxidized as it well tightly Thus, this system eliminates the drawbacks of the existing set-
sealed. The LM35 provides a higher output voltage than up and is considered as an easy to maintain, flexible and a cost
thermocouples and may not require the output voltage be efficient solution.
amplified.

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Fig. 3. Block Diagram

D. Sensors Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-

Temperature Sensor (LM35) JMCE) e-ISSN (2014): 2278-1684
Humidity Sensor (HIH4000) [3] Shen Jin, Song Jingling, Han Qiuyan, Wang Shengde, and
Light Sensor (LDR) YangYan, School of Electric and Electronic Engineering,
Moisture Sensor [5] A Remote Measurement and Control System for
Greenhouse Based on GSM-SMS, IEEE 8th International
IV. CONCLUSION Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instrument,
2007,pp. 45-82
In this paper we are presented a different approach of
[4] Daniel K.Fisher and HirutKebede, a Low Cost
various different types of irrigation systems based on GSM.
Microcontroller-Based System to Monitor Crop
These systems were all remotely controlled systems which
Temperature and Water Status, pp.
proposed a low cost information exchange via SMS and GSM.
[5] Kuyper, M., Balendonck, J., 2001. Application of
The result of the survey conducted has lead to a very positive
dielectric soil moisture sensors for real-time automated
approach on the impact of GSM technology in farm irrigation
irrigation control. Acta Hort. 562, 71-79.
methods & techniques. Everyday new techniques have been
[6] Zhang, F., Yang, M., and Ying, H., The application of
implemented for minimizing the irrigation process like mobile
GSM communication in agricultural automation, Journal
phone and other software application for conduction of
of Technology for Agriculture, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, pp. 39-
irrigation process. This leads to a better and more efficient
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agricultural development for the future generations to come.

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