International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES)

Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2023, pp. 70~77

ISSN: 2089-4864, DOI: 10.11591/ijres.v12.i1.pp70-77  70

Automation irrigation system using arduino for smart crop

field productivity

Manjunathan Alagarsamy1, Sterlin Rani Devakadacham2, Hariharan Subramani3,

Srinath Viswanathan4, Jazizevelyn Johnmathew5, Kannadhasan Suriyan6
1
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India
2
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, R.M.D. Engineering College, Tiruvallur, India
3
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, India
4
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy, India
5
Department of English, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy, India
6
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Study World College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India

Article Info ABSTRACT

Article history: Agriculture is essential to the prosperity of agricultural countries like India.
Thus, the suggested strategy is to use automation and internet of thing (IoT)
Received Apr 20, 2022 technology to make agriculture smart. Applications enabled by the IoTs
Revised Jul 8, 2022 include irrigation decision assistance, crop growth monitoring and selection,
Accepted Oct 17, 2022 and more. an Arduino-powered technology that boosts agricultural
productivity. This study's main goal is to find the least quantity of water
necessary to grow crops. Most farmers squander a lot of time on the fields
Keywords: rather than concentrating on the water that plants have access to at the right
moment. The suggested system determines the required amount of water
Agriculture based on the data obtained from the sensors. Two sensors provide data on
Arduino the soil's temperature, humidity, amount of sunlight each day, and soil
Internet of things temperature to the base station. The suggested systems must determine the
Precision agriculture amount of water required for irrigation based on these criteria. The system's
Sensors main benefit is the use of precision agriculture (PA) in conjunction with
cloud computing, which will maximise the use of water fertilisers while
maximising crop yields and also assist in determining field weather
conditions.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license.

Corresponding Author:
Manjunathan Alagarsamy
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: [email protected]

1. INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is the main source of income for most people in India, including 70% of farmers. The
bulk of irrigation techniques, including as drip, terraced, and ditch irrigation systems, are manually selected
by farmers in India. The system in the plant's root zone consists of a dispersed wireless network of soil-
moisture and temperature sensors. A gateway device also analyses sensor data, activates actuators, and
delivers information to a web application. An algorithm was developed for a microcontroller-based gateway
that controls the amount of water by establishing temperature and soil moisture threshold values. The
electricity for the system came from solar panels, and it included a duplex communication connection based
on a cellular-internet interface that enabled data examination and irrigation scheduling to be configured
through a web page. When compared to conventional agricultural irrigation practises, the automated system

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achieved water savings of up to 90% throughout its 136-day test period on a field of sage crops. In the last 18
months, three different locations have successfully employed replicas of the automated system [1].
The internet of objects is a growing method for tying things together and collecting data (IoT).
Frameworks for the internet of things (IoTs) are utilised for data and information management and
communication. The system allows users to register their sensors, generate data streams, and analyse data.
There are several ways to utilise IoT in agriculture. Smart surroundings, intelligent water, intelligent metres,
security and emergency response, industrial control, intelligent agriculture, home automation, and e-health
are a few examples of IoT applications. The "Internet of Things" is built on a device that can process and
relay data collected by sensors to the user [2]. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used in the development
of decision support systems (DSS) to tackle a variety of real-world issues. Precision agriculture is one of the
sectors that needs DSS the most nowadays (PA). In summary, this study suggests WSN as a novel and
effective method for selecting options and maximising agricultural resources. Precision agricultural systems
based on the IoT are described in detail, with a focus on the hardware and network architecture as well as
software process control. The system collects, analyses, and tracks data from the sensors in a feedback loop
before turning on the control devices depending on a predetermined threshold value [3].
IoT sensors may offer information about agricultural areas and then act on it depending on user
input, making smart agriculture a unique idea. With the use of cutting-edge technology including WSNs,
IoTs, and Arduino, this research seeks to create a smart agricultural system. The goal of the project is to
make use of cutting-edge technology like IoT and smart agriculture with automation. To increase the output
of fruitful crops, environmental monitoring is crucial. In order to measure temperature, humidity, wetness,
and even the movement of animals that can harm crops in agricultural areas, the system in this study will
employ sensors. In the case of any disagreement, the system will use Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G to send the farmer's
smart phone both an standard short messages standard (SMS) message and a notification on the specially
built application. The system's duplex communication connection, which is built on a cellular-internet
interface, allows for data inspection and irrigation schedule to be configured using an android app. The
gadget may be beneficial in distant areas with little access to water because of its cheap cost and energy
independence [4].
Agriculture, one of our enduring industries, has benefited significantly from cloud computing. The
cost-effective use of cloud computing tools that can build an entire computing ecosystem, from sensors to
tools that observe data from agricultural field images and human actors on the ground and precisely feed the
data into repositories along with their location as GPS co-ordinates, can lead to the development of practical
applications. Currently, sensors may be used to identify water sources in a study region. Farmers' issues have
always halted our development. One approach to deal with these problems is to assist farmers using modern
techniques. This study suggests a strategy for incorporating the benefits of significant new technological
breakthroughs like the IoT and web services in order to provide an effective method for processing the large
amounts of data produced by agricultural production. The strategy combines IoT and cloud computing to
encourage the rapid modernization of agriculture, support the implementation of smart agricultural solutions,
and assist in the effective resolution of farmer-related difficulties [5].
Agriculture, the most diverse economic sector, is crucial to a country's overall economic success.
Certain agricultural tasks will become more proficient thanks to developments in agricultural technology. In
this work, we propose a unique approach to smart farming that utilises wireless communication technology to
connect a smart sensing system with a smart irrigation system. Our approach focuses on measuring the soil's
physical characteristics, such as its pH, nutrient content, and moisture content, all of which are essential for
farming. A smart irrigator placed on a portable overhead crane system sprays the crops with the necessary
amount of green manure, compost, and water after evaluating the vital physical and chemical qualities of the
soil. This work [6] illustrates the thorough modelling and control techniques of a smart irrigator and smart
agricultural system.
A key management idea that permits precise soil parameter monitoring and control is precision
farming. Farmers may use automation to apply the correct quantity of water and fertiliser to the right field at
the right time. The design and development of an autonomous precision farming system (APFS) for
agricultural automation are discussed in this study. It is a low-power, user-friendly device that aids farmers in
determining the best times to water and fertilise their crops depending on soil and environmental conditions.
Based on data from the field and preloaded programmes in the controller, the system can intelligently run
pumps and valves. The autonomous precision farming system (APFS) monitors and maintains a number of
agricultural characteristics, including soil moisture, pH level, air temperature, humidity, fertiliser
concentration, among others, and also gives farmers feedback. Wireless data collection via wireless motes is
one aspect of APFS. The user interface is responsive because to the graphical TFT touch screen. When
dangerous circumstances or key field metrics are discovered, the gadget may be set up to alert farmers. The
farmer's mobile phone may get these notifications through short message service text messaging (SMS) text

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messages that have been pre-programmed. The system also includes a feature that enables mobile phones and
dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) technology to remotely operate agricultural field equipment [7].
Farmers who must water crops at certain times and quantities might benefit from this tactic. In order
to accurately determine when to turn on and off the motor, the automated irrigation system monitors changes
in the ambient temperature and moisture sensors. In order to prevent human mistake, a machine checks the
soil moisture level. A country is the agrarian India. The majority of people in India are employed in
agriculture. Agriculture accounts for 16% of the total GDP and 10% of exports. In order to make the system
power independent, this study offers a configuration where the farmer chooses the crop being farmed
utilising a Renesas microcontroller, GPRS module, pulse width modulator (PWM), HTML page, and a solar
module. The continuous detection of soil moisture content using moisture sensors is the key component of
this system. The main CPU compares the detected data to previously saved standard data for the specific
crop, and then just the necessary quantity of water is pumped using the system PWM. Using a solenoid, an
electromechanical device, pumped water is directed to a specific area of the land. When the appropriate
moisture content is attained, the sensor alerts the microcontroller to stop the motor. This saves water by only
providing the quantity needed at any one moment. The project's goal is to use technology in agriculture to
help farmers irrigate large areas of land while using less water [2], [8]–[14].
Since agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy, it needs to be protected. Security is crucial
not just in terms of resources but also in terms of agricultural goods, such as protection from insect or rodent
assaults in fields or grain storage. These difficulties should also be taken into account. Today's security
systems lack the intelligence to send out notifications immediately after finding a problem. Combining
conventional methods with cutting-edge technology like WSNs and IoT might modernise agriculture. With
this scenario in mind, we created, tested, and assessed a "internet of things"-based device that can analyse
and communicate observed data to the user. This security tool, which can be operated and monitored
remotely, may be used in agricultural fields, grain depots, and cold storage facilities. This research aims to
provide approaches for solving issues including rodent identification, agricultural risks, and real-time
warning based on information analysis and processing without human intervention. The gadget integrates the
aforementioned electrical and sensor components using Python programmes. Based on test scenarios [15]–
[19] that we tried, we were successful in 84.8 percent of them.
The Cluster of European Study Projects (CERP) research describes the IoT as a vital element of the
future internet that makes it possible for "things" with identities to connect with one another. IoT will be used
in a variety of areas, including smart cities, agriculture, energy, environmental protection, health, and home
automation. However, if various IoT applications were created on different architectures, IoT co-building,
convergence, and openness would be constrained. To reduce costs in the IoT industry, a top-down
architectural approach to design unity is necessary. This study proposes a top-level generic IoT architecture
that is especially well suited for the creation of smart cities, classifies IoT platforms, and categorises IoT
platforms.
Devices may be remotely controlled through the internet owing to the IoT. It can operate sensors
that are used in a variety of settings, like as water management systems, train networks, and dazzling
highways. As a result, errors committed by individuals and by the system itself may be avoided. The
sophisticated global system for mobile communication (GSM) (800-900MHz)-WSN (IEEE 802.15.4) based
greenhouse monitoring and control utilising SMS terminal are presented in this study together with modelling
and optimizations. Sensor stations and base station terminals in the proposed system carry out various
conditioning tasks. The PIC18F4520 controller is used in the greenhouse to improve the climatic conditions.
The sensor station has sensors that detect soil moisture, light, temperature, humidity, and other variables. The
base station uses the GSM network to establish a connection with the user, while the sensor station and base
station interact using ZigBee wireless modules. Field parameters may be collected using SMS by employing
GSM terminal connection to the proposed system. The components of the greenhouse are all solar-powered.
The wireless sensor stations in the greenhouse monitor many factors, including temperature, humidity, light,
soil moisture, and others, using relative standards. It has been used to condition suggested greenhouse
attributes to account for variations in sensor set points.
IoT is a recent area that has affected and enhanced other fields. It is currently evolving as a result of
the incorporation of new sensors, sensor networks, and RF-based communications. Using an LM35
temperature sensor is a practical and cost-effective way to change the medium's temperature. The primary
focus of this study is on the use of the LM35 temperature sensor for measuring soil temperatures. Before
being used to detect the soil temperature of potted rice, the sensor was chosen, a correction coefficient was
applied based on the theoretical relationship between the sensor output voltage and Celsius temperature, and
the sensor was calibrated. The calibration findings reveal that there was a very substantial linear connection
between the measured medium temperature and the sensor output voltage, and that although each sensor
correction coefficient differs, they are all quite close to 1. A temperature sensor of the LM35DZ type was

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employed to gauge the soil temperature throughout the vital rice potted testing phase. The results of the
research demonstrate that the features of soil temperatures lag and that changes in air temperature and soil
temperature are practically identical. Whether or not the paper screen was in situ, the variance analysis
revealed that there was no statistically significant change in soil temperature.
It is capable of displaying intelligent behaviour, precise sensing, and precise identification. Mobile
and computer network-based technologies have changed when cloud computing and IoT were combined.
Additional networks used nowadays include 3G, LTE, GSM, WLAN, WPAN, WiMax, RFID, Zigbee, NFC,
and Bluetooth, which provide IoT development and remote system operation. Over the last 10 years, both
climate change and rainfall have become more erratic. As a result, a large number of farmers in India have
embraced climate-sensitive practises known as smart agriculture. "Smart agriculture" is a term for automated
and guided IoT-based information technologies. IoT is extensively utilised and expanding quickly in all
wireless situations. This study has examined and evaluated how IoT technology interacts with sensor
technologies, wireless networks, and real agricultural system conditions. The remote monitoring system is a
prospective treatment that combines internet and wireless communications (RMS). The main objective is to
gather real-time data on the environment in which agriculture is generated in order to make agricultural
amenities, such as SMS warnings and advice on weather patterns and crops, etc., widely available.
The advent of new technologies has made WSNs with low power and cost feasible. For sensing soil
factors including temperature and humidity, this research offers a hierarchical WSN. We created sensor
nodes that are totally buried and gather soil data. These nodes communicate with one of the several relay
nodes above ground using their radios to deliver the measurements they have gathered. A base node that is
linked to a workstation receives the data collected from the network's sensor nodes via relay nodes with long-
distance communication capabilities. With a relatively low duty cycle and hence a long lifespan for soil
monitoring applications, the proposed hierarchical WSN makes use of a probabilistic communication
protocol.
In the modern scientific community, wireless sensing technologies are widely used. WSN is used to
stay up with the quick advancement and expansion of technology. Power efficiency is a key concern in the
investigation of WSNs. Utilizing ZigBee technology could be able to overcome this issue. The major goal of
this research is to analyse how data is sent across a wireless medium using a wireless sensor network and
monitoring system. Given that temperature, soil moisture, and air humidity are vital components that must be
maintained in precision agricultures (PA) [20]–[25], this article shows how to design an automated irrigation
system employing regulated parameters.

2. PROPOSED WORK
Connecting the Arduino Uno to computers, other Arduinos, or microcontrollers is possible. Digital
pins 0 (RX) and 1 (TX) of the ATmega328 support UART TTL (5V) serial communication (TX). The pin
Mode(), digital Write(), and digital Read() routines show how to utilise the Uno's 14 digital pins and 6
analogue pins as inputs or outputs in Figure 1. They need 5 volts to function. A 20-50k ohm internal pull-up
resistor is included on each pin; it is by default disconnected but under ideal operating circumstances, it may
provide or receive 20 mA. The flowchart for the recommended system is shown in Figure 2

Figure 1. Arduino

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Figure 2. Flow chart of the proposed system

3. BLOCK DIAGRAM OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

The following describes the characteristics of the suggested systems: i) Microcontroller:
ATmega328P from Microchip, ii) 5 volts is the operating voltage, iii) 7 to 20 volts of input voltage, iv) 14
Digital I/O Pins (of which 6 provide PWM output), v) Six analogue input pins, and vi) 20 mA is the DC
current per I/O pin, and 3.3 V is the DC current. Pin: 50 Ma. Figure 3 shows the Uno's six analogue
inputs, labelled A0 through A5, each of which offers 10 bits of resolution (i.e., 1024 distinct values). The
proposed sytem are considered with a lot of sensor controlled by the arduino UNO.

Figure 3. Block diagram of the proposed system

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The conventional method of monitoring the agricultural environment involves repeated inspections
and physical measurement taking. By giving crops water at precise times and amounts, this technology aids
farmers. Additionally, it checks the soil's moisture content and protects against human mistake. It could
exhibit sharp intellect, accurate perception, and accurate identification. Plant leaf diseases are recognised
using five key methods. Photos are recorded, upgraded, separated into problematic and advantageous areas,
retrieved characteristics are extracted, and then the images are categorised using a digital camera or scanner.
The plant leaf will next be examined for any diseases that could be there. Here, we outline a step-by-step
process for gathering the characteristics of the negative image. On 4G mobile phones, real-time results and
system status were captured. The system uses information from the temperature and humidity sensors to
show the temperature and humidity of the agricultural area. An image recognition system may be used to
remotely assess the health of a crop. Figure 4 demonstrates how two sensors in this situation regulate the
watering system, simplifying any required troubleshooting. The temperature and soil moisture data from the
previous month are taken into consideration when choosing the threshold voltages for the calibration of the
sensors. Figure 4 shows the simulation's results.

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Figure 4. Simulation results

5. CONCLUSION
Low-complexity electronics are used to build an irrigation system for agriculture in Pennsylvania.
The circuit successfully uses two sensors-temperature and soil moisture-to transmit calibrated data to the
system. All three nodes have been successfully interfaced with the Raspberry Pi microcontroller and two
sensors. According to all observations and actual testing, the proposed strategy provides a complete answer
to the problems related to field operations and irrigation. By using such a system, it may be possible to
significantly improve both the crop field and overall productivity. With this method, the irrigation system
may be fully automated while simultaneously providing farmers with up-to-date information on the land and
crops to aid in making informed choices. "A revolutionary kind of computing in which dynamically scaled
and often virtualized resources are supplied as a service through the internet," according to Wikipedia, is
cloud computing. Two sensors control the watering system, which makes troubleshooting easy in the unlikely
event that it becomes required. The proposed correlated data-based technique requires less hardware than
earlier suggested methods. Readings of soil moisture and temperature from prior months are used to define
the threshold voltages for sensor calibration. The crop and plantation may alter the threshold levels. Machine
learning will someday be used to manage data and simplify hardware.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS

Manjunathan Alagarsamy received the Engineer degree in Electronics and

Comunication Engineering from Dr. Navalar Nedunchezhiyan College of Engineering in
2010. He received the Master degree in Embedded System Technologies from Raja College of
Engineering and Technology, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India in 2013. He is currently working as
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at K.
Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India. His area of interests includes embedded
systems, image processing, sensors and interfacing networks and internet of things. He has
published 13 articles in peer reviewed International journals and presented 6 papers in
International conferences. He can be contacted at email: [email protected].

Sterlin Rani Devakadacham received the Bachelor of Engineering degree from

St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering at Chunkankadai in 2007, Master of Engineering
from S.A. Engineering College at Chennai in 2009. She is pursuing Ph.D. degree in Cloud
Computing from Anna University, Chennai. She is currently an Assistant Professor at R.M.D.
Engineering College, Chennai, India. She has totally 13 years of teaching experience. She has
authored 3 research publications both international and national journals and presented 7
papers in conferences. Her areas of interest include Cloud Computing, Data Mining and
Machine Learning. She is a life member of professional bodies like IFERP and MISTE. She
can be contacted at email [email protected].

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Hariharan Subramani received the Phd., degree in Computer Science and

Engineering from Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, in 2020. He is having 14 years of
experience in teaching and presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering at Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Her area of interest includes software engineering, cloud computing, machine learning and
deep learning. He has published more than 10 papers in International Journals and Conference
Proceedings. He can be contacted at email: [email protected].

Srinath Viswanathan received the Engineer degree in Electronics and

Comunication Engineering from K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology in 2016. He
received the Master degree in Communication System from Saranathan College of
Engineering, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India in 2019. He is currently working as an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Kongunadu
College of Engineering and technology, Trichy. His Area of interest in Wireless network,
Digital Electronics and Image Processing. He has Published 1 article in scopus indexed
journal. He has Presented 2 papers in International conferences. He can be contacted at email:
[email protected].

Jazizevelyn Johnmathew received her M.Phil Degree from the Department of

English at St.Joseph College, Trichy in 2016. She is currently working in K. Ramakrishnan
College of Engineering, Trichy as an Assistant professor, Department of English. She did her
M.Phil thesis on Critical Race theory and planning to continue her research in the sane field.
She can be contacted at email: [email protected].

Dr. Kannadhasan Suriyan is working as an Assistant Professor in the

department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in Study World College of
Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He is Completed the Ph.D in the field of Smart
Antenna for Anna University in 2022. He is Twelve years of teaching and research
experience. He obtained his B.E in ECE from Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti in
2009 and M.E in Communication Systems from Velammal College of Engineering and
Technology, Madurai in 2013. He obtained his M.B.A in Human Resources Management
from Tamilnadu Open University, Chennai. He has published around 45 papers in the reputed
indexed international journals indexed by SCI, Scopus, Web of science, Major indexing and
more than 146 papers presented/published in national, international journal and conferences.
Besides he has contributed a book chapter also. He also serves as a board member, reviewer,
speaker, session chair, advisory and technical committee of various colleges and conferences.
He is also to attend the various workshop, seminar, conferences, faculty development
programme, STTP and Online courses. His areas of interest are smart antennas, digital signal
processing, wireless communication, wireless networks, embedded system, network security,
optical communication, microwave antennas, electromagnetic compatability and interference,
wireless sensor networks, digital image processing, satellite communication, cognitive radio
design and soft computing techniques. He is Member of IEEE, ISTE, IEI, IETE, CSI, IAENG,
SEEE, IEAE, INSC, IARDO, ISRPM, IACSIT, ICSES, SPG, SDIWC, IJSPR and EAI
Community. He can be contacted at email: [email protected].

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