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Automatic Plant Watering System

A Project

Presented to the Faculty of the

College of Engineering and Information Technology

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Subject

Digital1

Digital Logic Design

Aaron Napala
Kenneth Cadago
Elamae Cleofe
Vynzent Casile
Christian Miguel Dacillo
Katrina Susara
Mark Anthony Davis

December 2019
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The proponents of the project would like to express our special thanks of
gratitude especially to our Professor in the subject Digital Logic Design, Mr. Mark
Lester Dampios for giving us this opportunity to experience creating a system
using Arduino. Because of him, we are able to know about Arduino and
encountered it. He is not like the other professors who attend the class to teach
about his lesson. In fact, he gave his guidance and support. He never forget to
help us when we are having hard times in coding.

Second, to the parents of Kenneth Cadago for being kind, for giving
permission to the proponents to stay at their home for about a couple of hours to
create the prototype and to act like also our parents.

Third, to our friends for cheering up the proponents to continue the hard
work for finishing the system. Special thanks to Ralph Gabriel Mariano for
helping us where to buy the parts needed for our system.

Fourth, to our respectfully chairperson of the organization Mr. Patrick Luis

Francisco for always reminding and encourage us to be strong to finish the
system.

Lastly, our creator God for giving us strength to continue and not to give
up easily in doing the system.
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ABSTRACT

We are living today in an environment of advanced technologies wherein

every task that we made should be smart and convenient. Applying all the

available resources, we built and created a program that enable us to perform

multiple tasks in a single time. In the field of agriculture, water is very important

but if we have a busy schedule watering plants was a hard task to do.

Nevertheless, our team built a machine which automatically waters the plants if

detected that the soil was dry or has insufficient water. This project are

composed of 7 components like (1) Soil Moisture Sensor for sensing measure

the volumetric water content in soil. (2) Water Level Sensor for detecting water

level in a container. (3) LCD for displaying a real time clock and to notify all

actions that are taking place. (4) Buzzer is for making sound to notify before the

process begin. (5) Rock switch for activating and deactivating the system. (6)

GSM Module for notifications of all actions of the system and it can activate and

deactivate the system by sending a text message. (7) Water pump is a device for

moving water. This is to provide convenience to the people and prompt us to a

cooler environment as well.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Title Page ……………………………………………………. i

Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………. ii

Abstract ……………………………………………………. iii

Table of Contents ……………………………………………………. iv

Introduction ……………………………………………………. 1

Statement of the ……………………………………………………. 1

Problem
Scope and Limitation ……………………………………………………. 2

Significance of the ……………………………………………………. 2

Study
Definition of Terms ……………………………………………………. 3
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CHAPTER I

PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

This chapter includes the introduction, statement of the problem,

significant of the study, scope and limitation and definition of terms used.

Introduction

Nowadays, advanced electronics and technology are popular, so the

everyday life of human being should be easier and convenient. There are many

newly created or invention of automated systems that are acceptable of replacing

or reducing the human activities and jobs. Because, in our daily life, water is very

important that's why we considered it to be basic need of human beings, plants,

animals etc. but in our generation now water shortage is becoming one of the

biggest problem. Our group got an idea to create this system from the timely

problem which is the "water shortage", our system focus at the irrigation because

plants are also important to us. The food we eat, medicine, fibre which served as

our clothes that provided by plants. Like us, plants also need a water to make

their food. Water is considered also as one of the basic needs for plant growth. In

the Philippines, agriculture is primary user of water, the water usage is more than

80%, according to the World Bank. With this project, it can help to manage the

use of water to avoid the wasting of some water. So we decided to make an

Automatic Plant Watering System as our project.

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This project will properly watering our plants, not too much, too little is just

enough for us to sustain and maintain the plant growth. The Automatic Plant

Watering System can also be useful and be able to contribute to the

environment. Our project focus on soil condition and determine when the plants

need to acquire water.

Statement of the Problem

The citizen that practices farming or tillage is the main concern of the proponents

of this project. Below are the problems that will try to solve while conducting this study:

1. What will happen if the sensor sensed the soil is dry but the water is not

coming out and the water pump is not working?

2. What is the condition and safety or the status of the plant when the automatic

plant watering system waters it?

3.  When will the automatic plant watering system will water and how much

water will be needed by the plant?

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Scope and Limitation

The focus of this project is to help farmers or gardeners of Valenzuela City

to control the amount of water pouring on to their plants by the use of sensor to

check the status of the soil. This project stand as researchers' solution to the

crisis of managing water. To achieve this, we need modules to implement this

project called Automatic Watering System. These are, soil moisture sensor,

water level sensor, LCD, Buzzer, Rock Switch, GSM Module, and Water Pump.

The limitations of modules are:

• Soil moisture sensor is the one that sense if the soil is wet or dry. If wet, it will

not pour water. If dry, it starts pouring water.

• Water level sensor is the one will check the level of water in a water storage. If

the level of water is low, it will notify the system that the water level is low.

• LCD is for displaying the time and date when the system started. It also display

notification if the system starts the process.

• Buzzer will make sounds before the system do the process. It will last long for

about 2-3 seconds.

• GSM Module texted the owner of the plants and can activate and deactivate the

system via text.

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• Rock Switch is for activation and deactivation only.

• Water pump transfers water from to another.

This project is not possible

• To detect the temperature and air humidity of the plants.

• To text anyone that is not owner.

• To text when the signal is weak.

Significance of the Study

The completion of this project will redound to the benefit of the community,

since the drought brought by the El Niño is getting worse. This will be undertaken

to find out if the project helps to preserve the agricultural places and to measure

the effectiveness of the project to reduce the heat in Valenzuela City.

Benefiting the study are the different sectors as follows:

Environment

This will be very helpful to lessen the heat and humidity in Valenzuela

City. The effectiveness of the project can reduce the likelihood occurrence of

flash floods since there are plants and trees that will absorb the massive rainfall.
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Society

The project benefits the society of Valenzuela City because it will make

the people to be at ease because the plants and trees will help to reduce the

heat index. It also helps the family and the government because it will lessen the

workload to the person.

Ourselves

This project will be beneficial to ourselves because it helps us to realize

that preserving the environment can also save the earth. This will help us to be

more productive because the proponents know that it will help not only for an

individual but to all the community.

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Definition of terms

 Buzzer - an electrical device, similar to a bell, that makes a buzzing noise

and is used for signalling.

 GSM Module - is a chip or circuit that will be used to establish

communication between a mobile device or a computing machine and a

GSM or GPRS system.

 Volumetric - relating to the measurement of volume.

 Soil moisture sensor - measures the quantity of water contained in a

material, such as soil on a volumetric or gravimetric basis.

 LCD – (Liquid Crystal Display) commonly used to display data.

 Water Pump – is a device use to move water.

 Water Level Sensor - used to detect the level of substances that can

flow.

 Rock Switch – kinds of switch that use for on and off the system.