Design and Implementation of Wireless Irrigation Valve System Based on LoRa Controlled by Cloud Server

Abstract

Wireless actuator networks, which control devices by analyzing data collected from sensors, are becoming important in the area of precision open-field agriculture. This paper will present wireless irrigation valve system architecture based on LoRa and controlled by a cloud server for autonomous irrigation in open fields and the design of a non-real-time actuator protocol; this includes the implementation procedure for each node in the system. The results are also presented for the experiment conducted on a lawn that shows the proper operation of irrigation valves that use the protocol proposed in this paper.