Smart drip irrigation using IoT

Abstract

As we can see in today’s world, only some devices like PCs and mobiles are connected to the Internet. Nowadays, the world is copiously surpassed by the Internet and the internet of things. The Internet is used for the rudimentary need of all human beings [3]. IoT represents the concurrence of advances in minimization, wireless connectivity, enhances batteries and data storage capacity, and without sensors, IoT is not possible. It simply means to monitor a physical device or machine, or it is inter-networking of physical devices which is entrenched with electronics, sensors, software, and network connectivity to facilitate it to achieve greater value and services by swapping data with the producer [1]. IoT permits objects to be sensed or controlled remotely across the network infrastructure. The result improves accuracy, economic benefits, efficiency and reduces the intervention of a human. In this paper, we are going to deal with rudimentary and imperative perceptions of IoT and its scope in the forthcoming future. This paper studies the need for IoT in day-to-day life for different applications and gives fleeting information about IoT. IoT contributes significantly toward revolutionary farming approaches. So, we are trying to demonstrate IoT in the automatic watering system [2]. An automatic watering system monitors and preserves the approximate moisture gratified in the soil. Raspberry Pi is used as a microcontroller to implement the control unit. The setup uses the temperature sensor, moisture sensor and humidity sensor which measure the approximate temperature, moisture and humidity in the land. This value empowers the system to use belonging quantity of water which avoids over/under irrigation.