IRJET- The Modernization of Agriculture using UAV

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The Modernization of Agriculture using UAV
Sanyogita Murle1, Nikita Gokhe 2, Vanita Uike3, Shalini Pardhi4
1,2,3,4Student Department of E&TC Engineering, WCEM, Nagpur, India
Under guidance of Assistant Professor, Mahesh Chahare Department E&TC Engineering, WCEM, India
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Abstract— Drones which is also known as UAV(unmanned
aerial vehicles) are associated with the military industry and
many others fields but nowadays UAV (unmanned aerial
vehicle) play an important role in agriculture purpose for
forestation and many others purpose such as to monitoring
the fields, for spraying and for weather conditions to check
the atmosphere condition whether it will be suitable for
sowing the seeds or not. Climate change is having an impact
on agriculture .In the last two decades the use of drones in
agriculture purpose has been increase. The unmanned Arial
vehicles are used for reforestation and all the system required
an underlying platform or unmanned Arial vehicles (UAV)
These system are highly specialized depending upon the
particular goals of the farmers the modern management in
sustainable agriculture requires the fast information about
condition of cultivated plants and the quick response to
undesirable occurrences .Basic purpose of the use of drones
for spraying plants could be allowing for rapid applications
of plants protection agents on the growing areas .For
production is widely growing . Agricultural unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a new force in the fields of
precision agricultural. This drone has autopilot system that it
follows the GPS path which we have to select for the
destination
Keywords— Unmanned aerial vehicles, Brushless motors,
Remote Control, Lipo Battery GPS, Flight Controller
Introduction
Nowadays drones are used in many fields such as
agriculture, military, mining, medical and many others. A
drone is also called as quadcopter because that is lifted and
propelled by four rotors. There are mainly four types of
drones such as Multi –Rotor, Fixed – Wing, Single –Rotor
Helicopter, Fixed-Wing Hybrid VTOL An unmanned aerial
vehicles(UAV) is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard
and a type of unmanned vehicles. Quadcopter usually used
two pairs of similar fixed propellers of which two are
clockwise (CW) and two are counter-clockwise (CCW) it is
possible to specifically generate a design total thrust; to
locate for the center of thrust both laterally and
longitudinally, and to create a desire total torque, or
turning force The basic principle is that the drone moves
vertically and uses the rotor to advanced and stop. The
relative nature means that when the rotor pushes the air,
the also pushes the rotor back .this means it uses Newton
Law (for every action there is an equal and opposite
reaction) that the drone can go up and down GPS module is
an advanced technology that a drone to autonomously fly to
pre-programmed points.
COMPONENTS OF DRONES
FRAME :
The frame is the basic layout on which the rest of the
structure is built. It is considered as the skeleton of the
UAV. It is must be light in weight as much as possible to
save power while flying but strong enough to tolerate
accidents and crashes and to increase the payload of the
UAV.
PROPELLER:
A propeller is a fan is with a large number of blades. The
purpose of your quadcopter is to generate thrust and
torque to keep your drone flying, and to manoeuvre. The
upward thrust force generated by the propellers is usually
measured in pounds or grams. To keep your drone flying at
a constant place in air, the upward thrust needs to equal the
weight of your drone. The thrust to weight ratio
TWR(thrust divided by weight), indicates how much thrust
your drone generates relative to its weight. A good rule of
thumb is to design the TWR to be at least a value of two.
They are also influenced by the flight dynamics of your
quadcopter. Some propellers produce much more thrust
when the drone is stationary, as opposed to when it is flying.
Other props perform much better at higher speeds. Torque
is generated when the propellers accelerate up or down.
This force is responsible for the ability of the drone to
rotate on the yaw axis. Torque is an effect of Newton’s third
law, where every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
As the propeller rotates, and pushes through the air, the air
pushes back and causes a counter-rotation on the body of
the drone. This is why all of the propellers on multirotor
drones do NOT rotate in the same direction.
Transmitter
A radio transmitter is a device used in electronics and
telecommunication field which produces radio waves with
the help of an antenna. The transmitter which is applied to
an antenna generates a radio frequency an alternating
current(AC). The antenna radiates radio waves when
excited by this alternating current. All electronic devices
that communicate by radio have a transmitter which is a
necessary part of all electronic devices such as radio and
television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies,

wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices,
two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets, and
navigational beacons.
BRUSHLESS MOTOR:
In an electric motor the torque is developed by alternating
the polarity of rotating magnets that are attached to the
rotor, the rotating part of the machine, and stationary
magnets on the stator which surrounds the rotor. Either
one or both the sets of the magnets are electromagnets,
made of a coil of wire wound around an iron article. DC
running across the wire coil creates the magnetic field,
which provides the current that runs the motor. The
position of the north and south poles on the rotor is
reversed each time when the rotor rotates by 180° (a half-
turn). A reversal of the torque on the rotor each half-turn,
and the average torque would be zero and the rotor would
not turn if the magnetic field of the poles remained the
same, this would be caused. Hence, in a DC motor to create
torque in one direction, the direction of electric current
through the windings must be reversed with every 180°
turn of the rotor (or turned off during the time that it is in
the wrong direction). The torque on the rotor is always in
the same direction because the reverses in the direction of
the magnetic field so the rotor turns.
ESC:
Electronic Speed Controllers or ESC is an electronic circuit
that controls and regulates the speed of an electronic motor.
The variable speed of the motors driving the propellers
entirely depends on this craft. Nowadays ESCs protocols
can communicate at speeds of 37.5KHz or greater, with
DSHOT2400 frame only taking 6.5μs. A variety of ESC
protocols beyond PWM are utilized for modern-day
multirotor, including, Oneshot42, Oneshot125, Multishot,
and DShot.
Flight Controllers:
In the world of R/C hobbyists multi-rotors are unique. Has
absolute, the precise control over the motor is of the pilot
when it comes to controlling a model boat or plane. A
proportional increase in RPM is translated by a nudge of the
throttle. This is also true for the input of the rudders,
ailerons, flaps, and other parts involved in changing speed
or its direction.
A flight controller (FC) is a small circuit board that has
varying complexity. Its mechanism is to direct the RPM of
each motor in response to its input. A command from the
pilot to the multi-rotor i.e., to move forward is fed into the
flight controller, which determines how to manipulate the
motors accordingly.
The majority of flight controllers also employ the sensors
for the supplementation of their calculations. This ranges
from simple gyroscopes for orientation to the barometers
for automatically holding altitudes. GPS also can be used for
auto-pilot or fail-safe purposes. Many flight controllers use
different flight modes, selectable using a transmitter switch.
For example:- a three-position setup can be a GPS lock
mode, a self-leveling mode, and a manual mode.
About DJI NAZA M Lite Flight controller:
The DJI is arguably the dominant player in multi-rotors,
which produces two models. The first one is the Naza-M
Lite which is a high-quality, easy-to-set-up unit with GPS
and fail-safe capacities. The second is the Naza-M V2 which
is virtually identical but includes a handful of additional
features, such as the ability of expansions of daisy chain DJI
(a Bluetooth module, for example). Also, it allows up to
eight motors, rather than that of the six.
Multiple flight modes are also available such as GPS lock,
altitude lock, orientation, and a non-stabilized manual
mode.
The NASA's are the supercool hobby flight controllers, with
a multitude of features, optimized ease of use, and
relatively straightforward setup. They may not be the best
choice for every multi-rotor but they may be the best choice.
Sensors used
Temperature/ Humidity Sensor DHT11:
This sensor is used to measure humidity and temperature.
humidity sensors are low cost-sensitive electronic devices
used to measure the humidity of the air .these are also
known as Hygrometer. humidity can be measured as
relative humidity, absolute humidity DTH11 sensor consist
of a capacitive humidity sensing element and a thermistor
for sensing temperature. The humidity sensing has two
electrodes
Gas Sensor MQ3:
A gas sensor is a device that is used to detect the presence
or concentration of gases in the atmosphere. Based on the
concentration of the gas the sensor produces corresponding
potential deference by changing the resistance of the
material inside the sensors. Based on the voltage value the
type and concentration of the gas can be estimated.
Features
 Stable and long life
 Fast response and high sensitivity
 Power Supply: 5 Volts
 Interface Type: Analog & Digital
Battery
Is 18650 battery with a capacity of 2000mAh. It is Lithium-
Inn based and a rechargeable battery in cylindrical shape
.18650 battery has become very popular nowadays, many

power bank is using it as storage and power source. Even
electrical vehicle such as Tesla is using 18650 battery
particularly to build their battery pack.
Features
 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery 3.7V 2000mAh
 Diameter 18mm, height 65mm
 Lightweight 45gm
Features
 Rechargable Lithium Ion battery 3.7V 2000mAh
 Diameter 18mm, height 65mm
 Lightweight 45gm
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
SEED DROP MECHANISM:
Servos are controlled by sending a pulse of variable width
to them. The control wires are used to send this pulse. The
parameters or the pulses are that it has a minimum pulse, a
maximum pulse, and a repetition rate. When the position of
the servo has the same amount of potential rotation in the
clockwise direction it is defined as neutral l, as it does in the
counterclockwise their rotation but they all have a neutral
position, and that position is always in to be 1.5
milliseconds (ms)
The angle is determined by the duration of the pulse that is
applied to the control wire. It is known as pulse width
modulation. Every 20ms the servo expects to receive a
pulse. How far will the motor turns will be determined by
the length of the pulse?
When these servos are instructed to move they will move to
the position and grasp that position. The servo will resist
moving from a position if the external force is against the
servo while the servo is holding a position. The torque
rating of the servo is the maximum amount of force exerted
by the servo. The servo will hold their position forever
though, the position pulse must be repeated to instruct the
servo to stay in position.
If the pulse is sent to a servo is less than 1.5ms the
servo will rotate to apposition and grasp its output
shaft fewq number of degrees counter-clockwise
and if the pulse is more than 1.5ms the opposite of
its occurrence. Each servo has a function like
creating a maximum width of the pulse and the
minimum width of the pulse which will command
the servo to turn to a valid point. Different brands,
and still different servos of the same brand, will
have different maximum pulse will be 2 ms broad.
The turn rate is another parameter that varies from
a servo to another servo. This is the time it takes
from the servo to change from one position to
another position. When the servo is holding at a
minimum rotation and if it is commanded to go to
maximum rotation the worst-case turning timing
occurs. The torque rotating of the servo is the
maximum amount of force exerted by the servo.
HOW SEED DROPPING BOX WORKS :
Seed dropping box is mounted on the bottom of the
drones. The box contains a servo mechanism and
the seeds of the selected plants inside it. The servo
is to be connected with the receiver and when the
signal is given by the transmitter the servo will be
turned on the seed will get drop, how much times
the switch and the dropping hatch will on the
number of seeds for dropping directly depend on it.
This is how the seeds dropping mechanism will
going to be work.

CONCLUSION
It is true that drone technology is an important part of
future warfare and is said to be a big commercial industry.
The drone's capability and the ability pose a threat to the
liberties of people around the world. The restriction must
be put where the line between effective drones use and
excessive drone use this will be difficult due to the novelty
of drone technology. Because the technology is so cutting-
edge, it is hard for lawmakers to know where to curb its use.
The inability and unwillingness of the government to
regulate drone use stem from both its success in warfare
and its growing necessity in other fields. To overcome this
confusion everyone must be more educated on the use and
potential of drones. There is a need for transparency on
drone use in warfare, so that citizens may be better
informed on the consequences of the technology. The laws
that are on place protecting Americans from domestic
drone pilots are not enforced well enough.
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