The Development of an Automated Irrigation System Using an Open Source Microcontroller

Authors

  • A. Hassan Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
  • W.M. Shah Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
  • N. Harum Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
  • N. Bahaman Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
  • F. Mansourkiaie Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Abstract

This paper proposes an automated irrigation using Arduino microcontroller system which is cost effective and can be used in a farm or average home garden. The proposed system is developed to automatically water the plants when the soil moisture sensor has detected the soil is insufficient of water by using the Arduino as the center core.   The automated irrigation system is a fully functional prototype which consists of a soil moisture sensor; an LCD display to show the moisture percentage and pump status; a relay module which is used to control the on and off switch of the water pump; and a water pump. When the soil moisture sensor senses the dry soil, it will show the moisture percentage on the LCD display, and the relay module will switch on the water pump automatically to start the watering process or vice versa.   Hardware testing is conducted to ensure the proposed system is fully functional.

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Author Biographies

A. Hassan, Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.

Aslinda Hassan received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, from Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada in 2014. She received M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and B.Sc. degree in Business Administration with honors, from University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA in 2001 and 1999, respectively.  In 2004, she joined Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, where she is currently a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Information and Communication Technology.  Her research interests include in vehicular ad hoc network, vehicular communication, wireless ad-hoc network, wireless sensor network, wireless communication, ad hoc routing protocols, cyber-physical systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), network performance modelling and analysis as well as network programming interfaces.

W.M. Shah, Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.

Wahidah Md Shah holds her Bachelor of Information Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia, Master of Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University, UK. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of  Computer System and Communication at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. She is a member of the Information Security, Digital Forensic, and Computer Networking research group. Her research interests include system and networking, network security and IoT related technology.

N. Harum, Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.

Norharyati Harum holds her Bachelor in Engineering, Master of Engineering and PhD in Engineering from Keio University, Japan. She has experience working in R & D department of Next Generation Mobile Communication at Panasonic Japan. She is currently a senior lecturer at Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). She is an accomplished inventor, holding patents to radio access technology invention, numbers of copyright of products using single board computer. She is now passionately training her students to invent projects/products using a single board computer and other IoT related technology.

N. Bahaman, Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.

Nazrulazhar  Bahaman is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer and Communication System, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology UTeM. With a qualification in Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, he started gaining experience in ICT site as a Network Engineer on his first job. Here, his experiences attached with previous companies helped him a lot in solving ICT's problem. After graduated on Master of Science in Information Technology, he has successfully developed his teaching skill at Faculty of Electrical Engineering about years as a lecturer. Qualifed in both Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, he has sought to bring together both discipline in his PhD regarding IPv6 Network Security and more.  His research interest is in Computer Networking, that particularly on IPv6 Migration, Internet of Things, IP-in-IP Threats, Attack Methods and Mitigation Techniques.

F. Mansourkiaie, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Fatemeh Mansourkiaie received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electronics and communications engineering from Iran in 2004 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NL, Canada, in 2015. She is currently a firmware developer of research and development team in IoT.  Her research interests are in the area of IoT, M2M communications, with a focus on cooperative communication, resource allocation, and wireless sensor networks

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2019-04-27

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Hassan, A., Shah, W., Harum, N., Bahaman, N., & Mansourkiaie, F. (2019). The Development of an Automated Irrigation System Using an Open Source Microcontroller. International Journal of Human and Technology Interaction (IJHaTI), 3(1 April), 101–108. Retrieved from https://ijhati.utem.edu.my/ijhati/article/view/5136

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Vol. 3 No. 1 April (2019)

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Humanities and Technology

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