IoT based Novel Hydration System for Smart Agriculture Applications

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IoT based Novel Hydration System for Smart Agriculture Applications

Year : 2021

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Source Title : Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, CSNT 2021

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Abstract

Agriculture is a very important sector of the Indian economy and this sector has been highly dependent on the efficient usage of water resources. To measure and distribute the exact amount of required water in farm fields is a key problem. To solve this problem, smart sensors can be controlled by different Internet of Things (IoT). In this work, we propose a IoT based hydration system which consists of soil moisture sensor and humidity sensors to know the condition of the soil and aids them in watering the farms accurately. Our hydration system efficiently manages the water usage for farm fields which ensures the saving of water resources. NodeMCU microcontroller has been part of our system. It is programmed to detect moisture, temperature and humidity parameters. Moisture sensor for soil automatically detects the moisture levels in the soil and it alerts us for distributing the water timely. If the water levels are less than the intended levels, then we can remotely turn on the pumping motor and start watering until the moisture level reaches the expected range specified by using the Blynk application. Hence, it will reduce the need of human Labour as water usage.