SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM USING RASPBERRY PI

Ch.Madhava Rao1, B. Vinay Vamsi2, M.Pushpa Sri3, M.Satyanarayana4, N.Vijaya Lakshmi5, G.Yuva Kishore6
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ABSTRACT : Many advanced techniques introduced crop at stringent time and quantity. Automation
in agriculture automation to flourish and deliver its irrigation system observes
full potential. To get more benefits of these
the moisture sensorsr temperature variations of around
technologies, we should not just consider the
the crop area that’s gives a precise time of operation of
implication of developing a new single technology but
the motor turn ON and OFF. So automatically avoids
should look at the wider issues for complete
the human errors and check soil moisture
development of a system. This system designed by
level.Internet of things (IOT) allows to controls the
using Raspberrypi to overcome limitations of
systems from remote area over an internet. So it can
agriculture farming about supplying of water to plants
avoid the human errors which appear during the
by drip system with the available water tables. With
operation of system. IOT is the emerging area that
this system we can control all the parameters which
penetrates other area and made them so efficient.
are useful.

KeyWords: 2 .SYSTEM DESIGN

Raspberrypi,,Temperature,Humidity,motors,sensors.
The block diagram of the proposed system as shown
1. INTRODUCTION: India’s major source of income in Fig. 1 consists of sensing unit such as Soil
is from agriculture sector and70% of farmers Moisture Sensor to measure water content of soil.
depending on the agriculture. In Indian irrigation
system, the famers are chosen most of the methods
manually such as drip, terraced, ditch irrigation
system. In order to improve to the crop productivity
there is an urgent need to change manual method to
automation. Also consider the water availability
throughout India it is one of the valuable resources to
protect and save for future needs. Embedded based
automatic irrigation system is suitable for farmers
available at low cost and easy installation. This system
should help for the farmer that provides the water to

Fig 1: Block diagram

2.1. COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION
The powerful graphics capabilities and HDMI video
2.1.1. Power Supply output make it ideal for multimedia applications such as
media centers and narrowcasting solutions. The
One of the most exciting updates/upgrades of the new Raspberry Pi is based on a Broadcom BCM2835 chip. It
Model B+ is a fancy new power supply. The power does not feature a built-in hard disk or solid-state drive,
supply is what takes the micro USB port voltage and instead relying on an SD card for booting and long-term
creates the 5V USB, 3.3V, 2.5Vand 1.8V core voltages. storage.
The 3.3/2.5/1.8 are for the processor and Ethernet.
2.2. WORKING OF PROJECT
2.1.2. Sensor In this project, webcam is interfaced to Raspberry
Pi via Wi-Fi module. Raspberry Pi is the heart of the
Sensors are the device which converts the physical
system. The Raspberry Pi Model B+ incorporates a
parameter into the electric signal. The system consists of
number of enhancements and new features. Improved
soil moisture sensor. The output of sensor is analog
power consumption, increased connectivity and greater
signal, the signal is converted into digital signal and then
IO are among the improvements to this powerful, small
fed to the processor. The moisture sensor is used to
and lightweight ARM based computer. The Raspberry Pi
measure the moisture content of the soil. Copper
cannot directly drive the relay.
electrodes are used to sense the moisture content of soil.
It has only zero volt or 3.3 V. We need 12V to drive
The conductivity between the electrodes helps to
electromechanical relay. In that case we need a driver
measure the moisture content level.
circuit. The driver circuit take the low level input and
give the12V amplitude to drive the relay which operates
at 12V.
Across the relay there are 3 connection R,Y,B so
we are using here 3 relay to switch on induction motor
LAN port is used for internet connectivity. Soil moisture
sensor is connected to Raspberry Pi board through
comparator circuit. soil moisture sensor gives a
resistance variation at the output. That single is applied
to the comparator and signal conditioning circuit. The
signal conditioning circuit has potentiometer to decide
Fig 2: Soil Moisture Sensor the moisture level above which the output of comparator
goes high. That digital signal is given to the raspberry pi
board. If the soil moisture value is above the moisture
2.1.3. Raspberry-Pi
level then the 3 phase induction motor will be off,
The Raspberry Pi is a small, powerful and lightweight whereas if the moisture level is low motor will be on
ARM based computer which can do many of the things through the relay.LDR is used for controlling light
a desktop PC can do. automatically, at night light will be ON automatically so
that we can observe our farm at night also using mobile
phone.

3. HARWARE OF PROJECT
Fig.4 shows hardware part of project. Here we will be
considering connections in our project. Here Raspberry
pi is the controller of the project. Webcam is interfaced
to the raspberry pi. Here we have two comparator
circuits which are connected to the soil moisture sensors.
Relay is connected to the motor for ON/OFF of the
motor.LDR is used for automatic control of light.
Fig 3 : Raspberry pi module
 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The satisfaction that accompanies the successful

completion of any work would be incomplete without
mentioning the people who made it possible and whose
encouragement and guidance has been a source of
inspiration throughout the course of the project.We
express our sincere thanks to Mr. Ch.Madhavarao,
Assistant professor, Dept. of ECE for being a source of
inspiration and for constantly encouraging us throughout
Fig 4: Hardware part of the project the course to pursue new goals and ideas to implement
this project.We are immensely thankful to
4. RESULT Mr.K.Miranji ,M.Tech, Department of Electronics and
communication Engineering for giving us valuable
suggestions and their co-ordinance.We are privileged to
The following are the results obtained using cloud and express our sincere gratitude to honourable Head of the
Mobile app from sensors. Fig5 shows status of crops. Electronics & Communication Engineering Department,
Camera is interfaced with raspberry pi to capture the Dr.T.Venkateswara Rao for giving his continuous
crop field and to observe the crops live by using wi-fi on support and guidance in our endeavours.
android mobiles. We take the opportunity to express our heartfelt
gratitude to our beloved principal Dr.G.SambaSiva Rao
Temperature: for giving us an opportunity to fulfil our aspirations. Our
sincere thanks to Sri.D.S.R.K.V.Prasad, Central
Librarian and other staff of our college for providing
the necessary resources.

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5. CONCLUSION

In this proposed system have presented the new [3] Nikhil Agrawal Engineering Manager,
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