Web based smart irrigation system using raspberry Pi

Abstract

The major population of India mainly depends upon Agriculture. Nowadays the ground water levels are also decreased due to global warming and uncertain rain fall. The conventional irrigation techniques have some problems like farmer should visit the field regularly even at night, then he may face some hazards like snake bite, electric shock and etc. In this paper a web based smart irrigation system using Raspberry Pi is implemented. The proposed system checks the temperature and moisture content present in the soil. The motor is also automatically controlled ON and OFF, when the 3-phase supply is present in the field and also with the flow of water. The acquired temperature and moisture content of the soil are sent to Raspberry Pi using nRF24L01 transceiver. Raspberry Pi posts the received values on the webpage. When we enter the acquired parameter values in the soil test blogs, the webpage shows the suggestions of pesticides and crops that need to be taken by the farmer to increase the yield. The system can reduce the water consumption and wastage of water.