USING ARDUINO BOARD FOR AUTOMATIC PULSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Okasha, A. M.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2017.97455

USING ARDUINO BOARD FOR AUTOMATIC PULSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Document Type : Original Article

Author

A. M. Okasha

Asst. Prof. Agric. Eng. Dept., Faculty of Agric, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2017.97455

Abstract

Nowadays the scarcity of water is a source of great concern for agriculture and using technology to control irrigation systems has become an essential requirement. A laboratory and outdoor work were carried out at Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kaferelsheikh University during summer 2016. The aim of this work is designing a system which is capable of on/off the water pump for pulse irrigation system in time. Arduino board and other hardware is programmed at 20 min.on/20min.off (possible to change) with the Arduino software. The proposed prototype can help in reducing hard work of pulse irrigation system due to on/off valves manually, cost and save time. The uses of moisture sensor and solenoid valve make a smart irrigation system. Arduino based automatic watering system has been designed and tested successfully by part of second.

Main Subjects

Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

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