VASIREDDY VENKATADRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Approved by AICTE, Permanently Affiliated to JNTU Kakinada,

NAAC Accredited with ‘A’ Grade, ISO 9001:2008 Certified,
Nambur (V), Pedakakani (M), Guntur (Dt.), Andhra Pradesh – 522 508,
www.vvitguntur.com

SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM USING INTERNET

OF THINGS

Under the Esteemed Guidance of

Mr. Ch. Naga Sai Kalyan, Assistant Professor

Submitted by
A. Sruthi Gayathri(14BQ1A0206)
K. Sindhura(14BQ1A0243)
B. Charan Venkata Sai Teja(14BQ1A0212)
K. Sai Chandra Kanth(14BQ1A0248)
 CONTENTS

• Introduction
• IOT
• Irrigation and its types
• Smart irrigation system
• Project schematic
 ABSTRACT
As water supply is becoming scarce in today’s world there is an
urgency of adopting smart ways of irrigation. The project describes how
irrigation can be handled smartly using IOT. This project aims at saving
time and avoiding problems like constant vigilance. It also helps in
conserving water by automatically providing water to the plants/field
depending on the water requirements. This system can also prove to be
helpful in agriculture, parks and lawns.

The objective of this system is to detect the moisture content of

the soil and depending on it sprinkle water .This entire information will be
sent to the user’s mobile phone.
 INTRODUCTION

• Agriculture is considered as the basis of life for us, as it is

the main source of food and other raw materials.

• It plays vital role in the growth of country’s economy.

Growth in agricultural sector is necessary for the
development of economic condition of the country.
Unfortunately, many farmers still use the traditional
methods of farming.

• In India most of the irrigation systems are manually

operated one’s. These outdated techniques are replaced
with automated techniques.
 IOT(INTERNET OF THINGS)

• Interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded

computing devices within the existing internet
infrastructure.

• IOT connects devices and vechicles using

electronic sensors and the internet
 IRRIGATION AND ITS TYPES

IRRIGATION
• Supply of controlled amount of water
 Agriculture and growth of crops
 Landscape maintainance

CHALLENGES

• Dearth of water as a resource

• Efficiency of irrigation i.e Amount of water used by
the crop/amount of water applied
 TYPES OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Conventional Irrigation
Systems
 Manually operated
 Irrigation scheme based on
real-time weather and soil
conditions observed manually
 Watering schedule is driven
based on the experience of the
farmer or landlord
 Highly dependent on manual
labor and their availabilty
Automated Irrigation Systems
Autonomous irrigation
systems with zero manual
intervention
Irrigation scheme is pre-
programmed
Historical weather and soil
data used as input parameters
Usually time triggered
systems
Might not have remote access
SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Automated
irrigation
systems

Smart Sensor
irrigation network

systems
Remot
e
access
 PROJECT SCHEMATIC
This system is a combination of hardware and software
components.

The hardware part consists of sensors like soil moisture

sensor, etc.,whereas the software part consists of an
android based application connected to the arduino board
and other hardware components using Internet of Things
(IoT).

The android based application consists of signals and a

database in which readings are displayed from sensors and
are inserted using the hardware.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
 COMPONENTS

A. Soil Moisture Sensor

• This is used to measure the volumetric water

content in the soil. This makes it ideal for
performing experiments in plants by having
constant information about the amount of water
currently present in soil and accordingly providing
water to the plants for proper nourishment.

• This includes constant checking of moisture

content in soil and sending the readings to the
android application
CONT.,
B. pH Sensor

• pH sensor checks alkalinity and acidity of the soil. It is

important to maintain a hydroponic nutrient solution at
a Ph level where the nutrients are consistently available
to the plant.

• If the content of the soil solution is too acidic or too

alkaline it can cause lock up – a situation which
restricts certain elements essential for growth from
being absorbed by the root structure. Deficiencies in the
required elements become apparent in the plants growth
and can lead to plant death. Additionally the pH of the
water we drink is crucial to our health.
CONT.,
C. Arduino

• Arduino is an open source computer

hardware and software company,
project and user community. It is the
best board to get started with
electronics and coding.

• It is the combination of micro

controller based arduino boards,
arduino programming language and
the aduino software for the
development and compilation.
 CONT.,
Analog pins

The Arduino UNO board has five analog

input pins A0 through A5. These pins can
read the signal from an analog sensor like
the humidity sensor or temperature sensor
and convert it into a digital value that can
be read by the microprocessor.

Digital I/O

The Arduino UNO board has 14 digital I/O

pins (15) (of which 6 provide PWM (Pulse
Width Modulation) output. These pins can
be configured to work as input digital pins
to read logic values (0 or 1) or as digital
output pins to drive different modules like
LEDs, relays, etc. The pins labeled “~” can
be used to generate PWM.
CONT.,
Pins (3.3, 5, GND, Vin)

• 3.3V (6) − Supply 3.3 output volt

• 5V (7) − Supply 5 output volt

• GND (8)(Ground) − There are several GND pins

on the Arduino, any of which can be used to
ground your circuit.

• Vin (9) − This pin also can be used to power the

Arduino board from an external power source, like AC
mains power supply.

AREF
AREF stands for Analog Reference. It is
sometimes, used to set an external reference voltage
 CONT.,
D. ESP8266

• Leading platform for the internet of things

• Low cost

• Self contained to host the application

• Wifi adapter to other micro controllers

RESULT
 REFERENCES

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[2] IoT based Smart Irrigation Tank Monitoring System Sukriti, Sanyam Gupta,
Indumathy KB. Tech, Department of Computer Science and
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[3] Karan Kansara , Vishal Zaveri , Shreyans Shah , Sandip Delwadkar , Kaushal
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Thank you