International Journal of Progressive Research in Science and Engineering

Volume-1, Issue-4, July-2020

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Arduino Based Automatic Soil Moisture Monitoring System

Pratiksha Rajendra Magdum, Aliya Parvin Herwade, Payal Surendra Ugare, Surabhi
Basavraj Hattarki
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Student, Department of Electronics & Telecommunication, Sharad Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, Yadrav, Ichalkaranji,
Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author:pratikshamagdum30@gmail.com

Abstract: - The research aim was to the study the intelligent soil moisture control system in agricultural greenhouse based on
Arduino Uno microcontroller automation control. This kind of intelligent soil moisture control system helps to control the moisture
level of the field and supply the water if required. In this research embedding a control system into an automatic water pump
controller depend upon the moisture of the soil. This system also ability to detect the level of methane gas in the green house. The
intelligent soil moisture control system in agricultural greenhouse designed in the research had wonderful effort of man-machine
interface, it is very simple, cheap and convenient high degree of automation system. Not only that this system helps to prevent
wastage of water. This system is a prototype, which makes this self-sufficient, watering itself from a reservoir.

Key Words: — Agriculture, Arduino Uno, Automation, Environment Friendly, Soil Moisture, Self-Sufficient.

I. INTRODUCTION LEDs, resistors etc. to measure the Soil Moisture. The

working of the Soil Moisture Sensor is very simple. It works
India is a country where majority of our population are on the principle of voltage comparison. The following circuit
dependable on the agriculture to live their daily life. In this will be helpful in understanding the working of a typical soil
modern technological era poor farmers of India cannot get moisture sensor.
enough assistance from others to help them with technology
and make their work easier. This project made automatic field As you can see, one input of the comparator is connected to a
monitoring & controlling system that can be utilize to 10KΩ Potentiometer while the other input is connected to a
improve the condition of green houses. Arduino Uno voltage divider network formed by a 10KΩ Resistor and the
microcontroller is the main controlling unit of whole system. Soil Moisture Probe. Based on the amount of water in the soil,
This system performed the following task: the conductivity in the probe varies. If the water content is
less, the conductivity through the probe is also less and hence
 Supply water according to moisture level of soil. the input to the comparator will be high. This means that the
 Automatic alarming system to avoid the burning of output of the comparator is HIGH and as a result, the LED
will be OFF.
plants by excessive temperature of atmosphere.
 Automatic methane gas detecting system in green Similarly, when there is adequate water, the conductivity of
house. the probe increases and the output of the comparator becomes
 Reusing process of excessive water in the field. LOW. The LED then starts glowing. Now that we have seen
how a typical soil moisture sensor works, let me take you
II. WORKING through the steps of Interfacing Soil Moisture with Arduino.
The main advantage of this soil moisture module is that you
The main component of the project (apart from the Arduino can get the analog output from it. By using this analog signal
UNO) is the Soil Moisture Sensor. It consists of two parts: and giving it to the Analog IN of Arduino, you can precisely
The main Sensor and the Control Board. Sensor part of the calculate the percentage of moisture in the soil. Coming to the
Soil Moisture Sensor consists of a couple of conductive setup for testing the project, I have used to plastic cups filled
probes that can be used to measure the volumetric content of with soil from my garden. The amount of water in each cup is
water in soil. Coming to the control board, it is made up of more than the previous one.
LM393 IC, which is a voltage comparator. The board also
consists of all the necessary components like connectors,
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III. PROGRAMMING IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

int sensor Pin = A0 The application of greenhouse monitoring system in

agricultural aspect is immense. The automated greenhouse
int sensor Value; monitoring system will help to reduce the efforts and
workloads of human and will be helping to produce plants at
int limit = 300; the absolute parameters they want them to plant and it will
reduce the error. Its ability to control appliances through
internet maybe integrated for further case. In near future the
system can be made 100% autonomous so that it can take all
Void setup () the necessary actions and will result in a effective plant
growth. And if we use the bi-directional motor pump, but the
{ rest of the project set up will be same, in that case the system
will be cost effective.
serial. Begin (9600);

pinMode (13, OUTPUT);

void loop ()

sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);

serial.printIn(“Analog Value:”);

serial.printIn(sensor Value);

if(sensorValue<limit)

{
Fig.1. Block diagram of Soil moisture monitoring system
digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
V. CONCLUSION
}
This project of greenhouse monitoring system has been
else
developed based on the arduino Uno. After verifying the data
that was got in monitor, assured about the success of the
{ project. Presence of each module has been systematic out and
placed carefully, thus contributing to the best working of
digitalWrite(13, LOW); every unit. Thus, the Arduino Based Automatic soil moisture
monitoring system has been designed and tested successfully.
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