NIYANTRA Documents

Contact Information

Name of the College : Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, Chennai - 24.

Name of the Team Members along with their respective current semester :

Sanjay Raam M, Seventh Semester, BE EEE

Bharatwaj GS, Seventh Semester, BE EEE

Prasanna S, Seventh Semester, BE EEE

Ramakrishnan R, Seventh Semester, BE EEE

Vignesh S, Seventh Semester, BE EEE

E-Mail Address & Phone Number of the Team Leader : snjyraam@gmail.com / +919962484230

Name of the Faculty Guide : Sivasubramaniyan Sb

E-Mail Address & Phone Number of the Faculty Guide : sbsquest@gmail.com / +91-9840115485

Project Information

Project Title: User Friendly Fuzzy Logic based "Farm Automation" using Arduino and Labview with Xbee based Control System

Hardware & Software Used:

Softwares: LabView, Arduino, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Hardwares: Atmega 328, Induino Boards, 12V DC pumps, Xbee Modules with arduino shields

Sensors: Humidity and Temperature - DHT 22

                    Moisture - Brick Sensor

                    Water level - Float Sensor

               Light Intensity- Light Dependant Resistors

What challenge/problem are you trying to solve through your application:

In spite of the fact that technology grows leaps and bounds with every passing day, the exposure of a primary sector like agriculture to technology is quite limited. Agriculture, despite being a primary source of occupation for millions of people around the world has been benefitted quite marginally by automation. Hence, there is excessive stress on the manual labours employed for the agricultural activities.

How does your application solves the above mentioned challenge/problem:

Even though, farming may look primitive, there is a huge scope for automation in it. This project helps to reduce the stress on the manual labour by automating the maintainance of various parameters after the plant is sowed. This not only helps the farmers by reducing their work load but also is aimed at increasing the crop yield.

Description of Project:

There are basically three levels in the project which work independently. The first level is the field level which is placed in the field itself. This measure the various parameters of the environment of the field using the sensors. The values measured by these sensors are sent to the next level by means of Xbee. The next level is the monitoring level, this level receives the data from the field level through Xbee shield connected to Arduino and is sent to Labview through Arduino. The parameters can be monitored using Labview. The fuzzy algorithm for the outputs are also coded in the Labview. The fuzzy inputs are Soil Moisture Level, Humidity and Temperature. The Humidity is given higher priority or preference as the spraying of water to increase humidity in turn increases soil moisture level to an extent. The fuzzy outputs are Drip System for irrigation and Sprayer system to control humidity in air. The Drip system is also used to fertilize the plants while the sprayer system can be used to spray weedicide before sowing the crops. The other input from the Light Dependant Resistor(LDR) is directly used to control the artificial lighting system. The third level is the control level. This level is used to control the outputs using relays connected through Arduino. The other feature of the project is that the various sensor values are regularly uploaded to the server which ca be used for agricultural research in future.

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Block diagram of the entire system incorporated in the Farm automation:

Illustration of three levels of the system with its peripherals connected to each level:

Illustration of the interaction between the control level and field level and the master or monitoring level (FL-Field Level CL-Control level ML-Monitoring Level):

YouTube Link of Video:

http://youtu.be/GcGKdx0BGYg

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