IoT based assistant for farmers

Published Aug 27, 2021
 3 hours to build
 Beginner

A device that can help recommend crops and soil for farmers depending on the environmental parameters. The project is still in building phase

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Components Used

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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4x4 Keypad Module
Keypad is an input device which is generally used in applications such as calculator, ATM machines, computer etc.
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Soil Moisture Sensor
Soil moisture sensor is used to measure the water content (moisture) in soil. It is used in agriculture applications, irrigation and gardening systems, etc.
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DHT11
DHT11 is a single wire digital humidity and temperature sensor, which gives relative humidity in percentage and temperature in degree Celsius.
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Description

Step 1: Firstly we created an azure storage account, containers and blob to enable the team work together and easily have access to the project files real time.

Step 2: The soil moisture sensor was integrated to measure the amount of moisture content in the soil. The VCC is connected to 5v of the arduino board and the GND connected to ground. The soil moisture is use as an analog sensor and we use this to determine the amount of moisture in the soil

Step 3: To integrate the LCD, we connected the pin to the Arduino board. r3, r4, r5, r6, r7 are all connected to arduino digital pins. Vss connected to 5v, Vdd to GND and the contrast is connected through a potentiometer to vary the brightness of the LCD.

Step 4:  Next is the connection of the keypad module. All necessary pinout from the datasheet was followed.

For measuring the temperature and humidity, we use DHT 11, the Vcc to 5V, GND to GND and output was connected to digital pin of the arduino. 

 

 

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