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An Effiecient Smart Irrigation System for Solar
System by using PIC and GSM
Sanket .C.Mungale 1
1,
PG Student,AMGOI ,Kolhapur,Maharashtra, India.
smungale044@gmail.com
Deepak Khot3
,3
PG Student,AMGOI ,Kolhapur,Maharashtra, India.
Dskhot0012@gmail.com
Abstract:
From past decades, Agriculture is considered as on the major
occupation in India. Nearly, three-fourth of the Indian
population were dependent on the agriculture occupation for
leading their lives. As most of the irrigation technologies used in
agriculture are dependent on the power source, their availability
will not be suffice to satisfy all the requirements posed by the
farmers working on the agricultural land. Implementing a solar
based irrigation system will be considered as a significant
alternative for the traditional power-based irrigation systems.
Here, the proposed system includes PIC and GS M model to
check the wetness of the land at regular intervals by using a
moisture sensor. The employed solar panels will provide
sufficient power source to the proposed systems operations. As
compared with the other existing works the proposed system
delivers a smart output with less power consumption.
Keywords—Solar Energy, Smart Irrigation, innovative Water Level
Management, Solar Cell, Moisture Sensor.
INTRODUCTION:
The continued increase in food demand has forced an
indispensable need on the farmers to increase the production
of crops. As today, the agriculture domain is smartly equipped
with many innovative and autonomous technologies, the
challenge on incorporating a cost effective and durable power
source and also an efficient plant watering system also known
as irrigation systems is still remaining unaddressed [1]. Due to
the frequently changing climatic conditions, the dependency
on the technologies are increasing to a greater extent.
On the other hand, solar energy [2] is considered as a generous
energy source for various applications employed in human
lives. This eco-friendly technology is finding its way in many
real-time day-to-day applications like smart street lights and
various smart city applications [1]. Recently, many research
efforts have been done to considerably reduce the cost of solar
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M. Sankar2
2,
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AMGOI,
kolhapur,Maharashtra,india. ms@amgoi.edu.in
R.Parvathi4 , D.N.Mudgal5,
4,5
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AMGOI,
kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
panels, this made the implication of solar panel in smart
irrigation systems and applications.
Smart irrigation system using the PIC and GSM model is
emerging as the quickest and reliable ways [4] when compared
to all other existing methodologies. Moreover, it is observed
as the most sustainable way to perform irrigation in any
farmland.
COMPONENTS USED:
SOIL MOISTURE SENSOR
In soil, dielectric permittivity remains as the significant
function for measuring the water content [7]. The capacitance
of the soil moisture sensor helps to measure the dielectric
permittivity of the enveloped medium. This method
appropriately analyzes the moisture of the soil content.
PIC 18F4550 CONTROLLER
It is an advanced controller to send the information through the
GSM module and other communication infrastructure.
RESET CIRCUIT
Reset circuit is primary responsible to reset the circuit,
whenever the power is supplied from the solar panel and makes
the overall circuit to remain under established condition. This
helps to overcome the uncertainties generated in some
undesirable conditions.
MOTOR DRIVER (L293D)
It assists the operations of the DC motor used in the proposed
work. With two different channels, L293D drives two motors
simultaneously by utilizing a single drive. When the soil
moisture level goes down in the proposed model, an alert
message will be sent to PIC. Then the PIC transfers the
instruction to driver, which proceeds further to drive the motor.
i.e. ON or OFF the motor.
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MOTOR BLOCK DIAGRAM

The DC motor used in this project work utilizes the solar
power for processing the fluids in diversified ways. The pumps
will operate in a range of low to high voltages. Here, a solar
based DC pump uses the power obtained from solar cells [5].
DC motor is more advantageous when compared with the AC
motor by operating directly with the battery. This makes the
proposed system to be more reliable and portable in nature.
GSM
GSM is a global system used for mobile communication for
providing a good alternative for agriculture industry [7] to
facilitate a new approach for controlling and monitoring the
farmland in a reliable and cost efficient manner. By integrating
GSM model with a mobile SIM card that uses a mobile service
provider to send the corresponding SMS notification to the
farmers. This technology established a wireless system
architecture without any specified network range limits.
MOBILE
An android mobile devices is integrated with the GSM model
to receive the alert message on low water level and it also helps
to perform a statistical analysis on the daily updates sent to the
user.
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
It is generally used in this project to display the results in
digital format. It helps the farmer to find the appropriate level
of water when compared with traditional analog based
measurement methods.
SUN TRACKING SOLAR PANEL
The deployed solar panel consists of two different LDRs
accompanied with a motor, controller, and a solar panel [4].
The Light dependent resistors are employed at all the edges of
the panel to provide reduced resistance, when the light directly
falls on the components of solar panel. Finally, the panel is
rotated towards the direction of the sun to observe the energy.
A Stepper motor is used to rotate the panel in a particular
angle.

ALGORITHM
STEP 1: Initialize the System.
STEP 2: Check the wetness level.
STEP 3: If wetness level M<=30, then begin irrigation.
STEP 4: If wetness level M>30, then send message to the user.
STEP 5: Desired output analysis has been obtained.

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FLOW CHART: WORKING PRINCIPLE

This system monitors the water level and
START
send the data through the forward target level. so the level
detector sends the data to the mobile network provided by the
GSM module. If the level reaches anywhere below the
Moisture Sensor to sense the specified level M<30, the LCD will display the alphanumeric
wetness of the soil value that specifies the correct low level to the farmer.
As default the motor turns into ON condition, when there is no
response form the famer. If it is critically maintained, a
statistical analysis will be sent to the farmer. A relay circuit is
If water added to automatically turn the motor ON, when the water
level [M] level becomes very minimum in the absence of the farmer. A
lightweight detector is used to sense the direction of sunlight
M<30
and this will increase the storage level. The GSM module sends
the corresponding data to the user [5].
Yes No
10. DEMO OF FINAL PROJECT SETUP
Alert message sent The system
to Farmer using proceeds by
GSM module sending regular
analysis to farmer

Relay to switch
on/off the motor

END

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

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CONDITION
SR NO VOLTAGES CURRENT
OUTPUT
WATER
1 6v 1.10 AMP
LEVEL OK
WATER
2 10v 1.01 AMP
LEVEL OK

Table 1: Values obtained from the motor to specify condition

to the GSM module.
CONCLUSION
The proposed method can be used to monitor and maintain the
various important parameters employed in farmland like soil
moisture level, texture, temperature, power, and energy
storage. By using a GS M module the farmers can efficiently
track the present state of the farmland by establishing a normal
connection via the farmer’s mobile service provider with a
traditional SIM card integrated module. The moisture sensor
helps to monitor the wetness level of the soil. With little
modifications, the proposed system can also be used to monitor
various parameters like pH of the soil, water level, and
humidity. With the future implications of android applications,
will even more smartly assist the farmers with an enhanced
statistical analysis on the daily updates received from the GSM
module.
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