Development of solar powered automated watering system

Paul, Cassandra Simah (2019) Development of solar powered automated watering system. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The main purpose of this project is to develop an irrigation system with automatic control system that will control the watering of the plants by using the soil moisture sensor. This control system has been developed by using Arduino IDE Software. Moisture sensor has been chosen as the input device to detect the moisture content of the soil. This control system will activate the motor pump automatically so that the soil will be watered to the optimum moisture content that were set to the optimum values of moisture content such as 60% to 80%, which is best for most plants growth. Besides, as solar source is unlimited in our country, Malaysia, solar energy should be used for good especially to reduce the dependency of electricity particularly in agriculture sector. The result has shown that usage of solar energy will reduce monthly expenses on electric bills through the calculation shown in Chapter 4. The parameters that has been measured to observe the potency of this control system is the moisture content of the soil and the amount of solar voltage used during the implementation of the system. As a conclusion, integrating solar energy with automated watering system is time and cost reducing at the same time.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Ms Siti Mariam Giman
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2022 01:20
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2022 01:20
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/530

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