3 rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS)-2016 AUTOMATED IRRIGATION SYSTEM USING X-BEE AND LabVIEW SHARVIN RANE STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE(COEP),SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE, INDIA-411005 [email protected]SUNIL ADASOL STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE(COEP),SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE, INDIA-411005 [email protected]APEKSHIT CHANDEKAR STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE(COEP),SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE, INDIA-411005 [email protected]ROHAN SHINDE STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE(COEP),SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE, INDIA-411005 [email protected]Keywords— soil moisture sensor; Temperature Sensor; wireless Sensor network; ZigBee; LabVIEW; Relay; Solenoid valve. Abstract— Irrigation of plants is usually a very time- consuming activity, to be done in a reasonable amount of time it requires a large amount of human resources .Traditionally, all the steps were executed by humans. Now a days, some systems use technology to reduce the number of workers or the time required to water the plants. With such systems, the control is very limited and many resources are still wasted. Water is one of the resources that are used excessively. Mass irrigation is one method used to water the plant. This method represents massive losses since amount of water given is in excess of plant’s needs. The excess water is evacuated by the holes of the pots in greenhouse, or it percolates through the soil in the fields. The contemporary perception of water is that of a free, renewable resource that can be used in abundance, water consumption is taxed. It is therefore reasonable to assume that it will soon become a very expensive resource everywhere. In addition to the excess cost of water.Labour is becoming more and more expensive. As a result if no effort is invested in optimizing these resources. There will be more money involved in the same process. Technology is probably a solution to reduce costs and prevent loss of resources. 1. INTRODUCTION In this work, an automated irrigation system is suggested to minimize the water input and human intervention, while satisfying the plant’s needs. First, the details of the problem are summarized .The objective and scope of the project is described .Some general approaches to the design are reviewed. The results and conclusions of an experiment to determine the required amounts of water are discussed. Then, The suggested design is explained in detail with the purpose, Requirements and constraints, simulation and test results for each of its parts. A brief cost analysis is performed to estimate the viability of such a project on the market. Finally, the design is criticized and suggestions are made for future improvements. 2. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE The objective of this project was to design a small-scale automated irrigation system that would use water in a more efficient way, in order to prevent water loss and minimize the cost of labor. The following aspects were considered in the choice of a design solution: 1. Installation costs 2. Water savings 3. Human intervention 4. Reliability 5. Power consumption 6. Maintenance 7. Expandability A more complex approach is the two-level feedback control. It requires an electric soil moisture probe and an electronic controller. The controller may be a custom electronic circuit or a programmable Microcontroller. The probe reads the soil moisture periodically and the controller saves it into a register. This data is compare to a threshold level, and depending on the output of the comparator, the valve is either open or closed. The feedback loop has two definite advantages over all open-loop approaches. First, the water flow is based on demand; this reduces the risk of waste or overflow. Second, there is virtually no human monitoring required. The tradeoff is complexity: it increases the costs and the risk of failure. SUHAS M. KAKADE ASST. PROF. AT DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE (COEP), SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE, INDIA-411005 [email protected]448
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International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS)-2016