Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Abstract:
In a developing country like India, where agriculture is the backbone of the country, agriculture is plagued by several problems
like tiny and fragmented land, manures, pesticides, fungicides, chemicals used for agriculture etc. consumers also increasingly
demand for the healthy diet that is rich in cultivation and free of agricultural chemicals and pesticides. Our project fills in the
above said difficulties and demands using hydroponics we can go organic. As it is done in the controlled environment, it can be
done anywhere like room terrace, balcony etc. Also large amount of plants can be planted in a less space. Hydroponics type of
agriculture could be high yielding if monitored and controlled efficiently. Here we propose a project that monitors the necessary
conditions required for the plant to grow hydroponically and also cultivators may monitor the system remotely using IoT.
International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, April 2019 21715 http://ijesc.org/
crucial to growth, development and yield of cotton (FAO, these will be the requirements with which I will base the
2001). The cotton plants are also vulnerable to frost and a hardware and software on. In addition to this, idea was given
minimum of 180 frost free days is required for cultivation and to the people that will actually make the hydroponic system
growth of plants. and how the system can be made easy for them.
2.3 The design and implementation of a hydroponics control 4.2 Monitoring and Controlling Using IoT
system The hardware platform will be the ESP32. This will be used as
it is open source and it provides enough pins to support
Author: Mark Griffiths [3] numerous sensors. In addition, it provides access to pins which
The use of the DS3017 RTC caused too many complications support interrupts making it ideal for this project.
with timing issues. The timings were Irregular and it was
difficult to use software to counter balance them. A Phi gets 4.3 ESP32: ESP32 is a series of low-cost, low-power system
pH board that was used first as this was a few Euros cheaper. on a chip microcontrollers with integrated Wi-Fi and dual-
However the design and implementation of a hydroponics mode Bluetooth. ESP32 is capable of functioning reliably in
control the resulting quality was much lower as the industrial environments, with an operating temperature ranging
calculations for the exact pH level had to be done in the from –40°C to +125°C. Powered by advanced calibration
software. The Atlas Scientific circuits do all the calculations on circuitries, ESP32 can dynamically remove external circuit
the hardware and they come with a lot more features. The imperfections and adapt to changes in external conditions.
regulation is also much easier with the Atlas Scientific, using
the Phi gets board requires the SW to do all of the calculation. 4.1 Raspberry pi
This would have increased the code complexity and length too The Raspberry pi is the low cost, credit card sized computer
much, therefore it was considered better from a quality point of that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard
view to buy the better HW. keyboard and mouse. it enables to explore computing, and to
learn how to program in languages like scratch and python.
3. EXISTING SYSTEM
4.5 pH sensor
In the existing system the hydroponics cultivator can only The control of pH is extremely cultivation important, not only
monitor the necessary conditions required for plant growth in hydroponics but in soil as well. Plants lose the capability to
such as humidity, temperature, water level, light intensity. The absorb different nutrients when the pH differs. Different plants
cultivator can know the increase or decrease in necessary have a particular pH that is optimal for them, generally though
parameters and control it. This system has a drawback because most plants prefer a slightly acid growing environment. An
the user cannot control these parameters if he is in distance, ideal pH level is between 5.5 and 7. Changing the pH level too
since the system needs constant monitoring and control the quickly is not a good idea as this will stress the plant out too
existing system doesn’t satisfy the control of this agriculture much. Generally, just make sure that the pH level is between
completely. the ranges above. The controller has the benefits that the pH
level of the water is constantly being reported (every five
4. PROPOSED SYSTEM seconds). The user can set limits on the pH levels and so there
will be a visual cue on the main screen if the pH level
In this project we have proposed an idea that would control the fluctuates outside of the predefined levels. Without the
parameters automatically. Also the cultivators can know the controller the user would need to use an external device, which
current conditions of the plants growth and control the may be carried out only a few times a day. By which time the
parameters remotely using IoT technology. pH could be too out of range causing damage to the plants.
4.1 Block Diagram with Explanation 4.6 DHT11 Temperature and humidity sensor
The controller must be able to measure the air temperature and
humidity. For this a DHT11 sensor will be used. As the
temperature range is required for growing food, which is 0-
50°C. It also has a temperature accuracy of ±2°C. However,
this can be enhanced by using an offset in the software to
configure it to the definite temperature. The sensor can get new
data once every 2 seconds. This should not be a muddle for
hydroponics. The chances of variation in air temperature
within two seconds are not very likely. This DHT11
Temperature and Humidity Sensor hallmarks a digital signal
output with the temperature and humidity sensor capabilities. It
is unified with a high-performance 8-bit microcontroller. This
technology safeguards high reliability and excellent long-term
firmness. It has excellent quality, fast response, anti-
interference ability and high performance.
International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, April 2019 21716 http://ijesc.org/
fall, water level, even the liquid leakage. The brick is mainly
comp raised of three parts: electronic brick connector, a1 mega
ohms resistor, and several lines of bare conducting wires.
9 Blynk app
Blynk was designed for the Internet of Things. It can control
hardware remotely, it can display sensor data, it can store data,
visualize it. Every time you press a Button in the Blynk app,
the message travels to the Blynk Cloud, where it magically
finds its way to your hardware.
5. TESTING RESULTS
7. REFERENCES
[5]. Blanco, A., Negro, C., Monte, C., Fuente, H., and Tijero,
International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, April 2019 21717 http://ijesc.org/
aquaponics–review”, Animal Science and Biotechnologies,
2011, 44(2): 1-8.
International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, April 2019 21718 http://ijesc.org/