Smart Forming System
Smart Forming System
Have we ever wanted our plants to tell you when they need watered ? Or know
how satured the soil in your garden is ? The present project proposes an IOT enabled
smart soil moisture monitoring system that helps the government authorities to know
the information about dry soli areas in the agriculture lands within in a village ,town or
even a state so that the necessary precautionary steps can be taken to make such lands
fertile.
project is also very much useful for formers, organization or individual running plant
nurseries to automatically turn the pumping motor ON and OFF on sensing the
moisture content of the soil. The advantages of using this method is to reduce human
intraction and still ensure proper irrigation
CIRCUIT
WORKING OF AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM
• The power supply unit provides the required power to all the components and devices in the circuit
• The input is obtained from the moisture sensors whether the soil contains moisture or not.
• If the water is adequate, It is indicated by the GREEN LED in the circuit.
• When ever any two or more sensors founds that the water level in the farms are below the sensors fixed level,
• Then RED LED glows indicating us that the water level is low and simultaneously the voltage at the OP AMP is
Open circuited.
• There by gives the information to the PORT A of ATMEGA 16 Microcontroller.
• According to the program code written in the micro controller using AVR Studio 4.0, When two or more sensors
senses the decrease in the water level or insufficiency in the moisture level of the soil
• Motor in the ON condition pumps the water in to the fields
BLOCK DIAGRAM
ADVANTAGES
•Reduced run-off of water and nutrients
•Improves growth
•Reduced Labour
•Saves time
•Improved Life Style
•Adaptable
DISADVANTAGES:
•Reliability
•Increased Channel Maintenance
•Slopes in the fields
APPLICATIONS:
•Irrigation in fields
• Irrigation in gardens, parks and golf fields
• Very efficient for paddy (Rice) fields.
RESULT
• The system provides with several benefits and can operate with less manpower. The system supplies water only when
the humidity in the soil goes below the reference. Due to the direct transfer of water to the roots water conservation
takes place and also helps to maintain the moisture to soil ratio at the root zone constant to some extend. Thus, the
system is efficient and compatible to the changing environment.
• In present days especially farmers are facing major problems in watering their agriculture fields, it’s because
they have no proper idea about when the power is available so that they can pump water. Even after then they need to
wait until the field is properly watered, which makes them to stop doing other activities. Here is an idea which helps
not only farmers but also for watering the gardens , which senses the soil moisture and switches the pump
automatically when the power is ON.
FUTURE SCOPE
•With a numerous fields of application and various advantages of the system has made it one of
the major option available for the farmers. The increasing interest in this area of research may
bring about more and more consumer efficient system. Water scarcity the major problem is
well handled by the system.
•The changing climatic condition and global warming issues prevailing throughout the world
can be overcome only through this system. The automatic irrigation system will be every
farmer’s choice in a decade or so.
•The improper advertising was the sole reason for the late adoption and acquaintance of the
system that took place in the late eighties. But with the awareness spreading all over the globe
the system is earning acceptance and so, a number of scientist are investing their time to
perfect the system we can implement this module in golf fields and public gardens. Electronic
Gardner is a prototype for an automatic irrigation system that can be used in wide landscapes.
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