SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM USING MICRO CONTROLLER AND ZIGBEE

G.M.Pushpanjali, S.S.Sheetal, A.D. Mhamane

Abstract: Now a days water crisis is major problem around the world. It affects nearly 70 percent of world population. There is no country which is more rich or poor in water resources. It depends on water management policy of that country. So far, even after seven decades of independence India does not have proper water management policy. This is the reason behind water crisis in our county. Being second highly populated country in the world and entirely depends on agricultural system, which is in turn slave of monsoon. Though after Green revolution, we capable of self- sufficient in production of food, but the current rate of growth will be almost insufficient in next few decades. Hence this paper presents requirement of modernization of agricultural system to very ground level. The present automated irrigation system includes these objectives. It is aimed to lower the burden of the farmers as well as cost of water supply in lands. The model presented in this article includes control of water supply through microcontroller via ZigBee and solenoid valve. It also sends information about moisture level and chemical constituents of soil via GSM using short message service. This enhances modern way of agriculture system. It is very helpful for countries where economy is driven by agriculture system.

Keywords: Smart Irrigation, Microcontroller, Wireless Sensor Based Probe, ZigBee, GSM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0533017