Automated irrigation system using solar power

• Published in: 2012 7th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering pp. 228 - 231
• Main Authors: Uddin, J., Reza, S. M. T., Newaz, Q., Islam, T., Jong-Myon Kim
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Automated Variable Rate Irrigation System; Cellular phones; Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF); Hardware; Integrated circuit modeling; Irrigation; Microcontrollers; Sensor; Sensors; Solar Power

This paper proposes a model of variable rate automatic microcontroller based irrigation system. Solar power is used as only the source of power to control the overall system. Sensors are placed on the paddy field and these sensors continuously sense the water level and give the message to the farmer...