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IoT Based Smart Plant Monitoring System

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Priyanshu Kumar; 2Sumit Sharma; 3Sanjay Prajapati; 4Rajeev Chaupal; 5Sakshi Kumari and 6Moupali Roy
Narula Institute of Technology

Abstract:– The agricultural sector is in transition thanks of physical objects that we communicate with each other online.
to the Internet of Things (IoT), which is also helping Things or objects can transmit information wirelessly without
farmers overcome the many obstacles they confront. The human intervention. "In the context of the Internet of Things,
problems that IoT can help with are plant and soil 'things' can include any natural or man-made object that can be
monitoring, livestock monitoring, and conservation given an IP address and the ability to transmit data over a
monitoring. Innovative IoT applications improve network, such as a person with an implanted heart monitor, a pet
agricultural productivity in terms of quality, quantity, with a biochip transponder, a car. sensors built in to warn the
sustainability and cost-effectiveness while meeting driver when tire pressure is low, or any other combination of
industry challenges. This project automates the watering these. Utilizing a variety of current technologies, these gadgets
process while monitoring soil factors such as gather valuable data and then autonomously transfer the data
temperature, electrical conductivity, and moisture across other gadgets. Examples of products on the market right
content. A microcontroller is used to make decisions. now are washer/dryers with Wi-Fi- enabled remote monitoring
When a user is acknowledged in the field whether there and smart thermostats.
is a text message variation from the anticipated values.
This research also includes plant pest detection in As for this project, we will be learning about the IoT
addition to soil metrics. This guarantees whole system Based Smart Agriculture & Automatic Irrigation System
health. In contrast, greenhouses are regulated with Nodemcu ESP8266. For agricultural nations to prosper,
environments where plants are grown. The primary goal agriculture is essential. A few agricultural- related problems
of this project is to create an Arduino- based system that have traditionally impeded the nation's progress. Thus, smart
is easy to use, inexpensive, and can be used to agriculture—a modernization of the current traditional
continuously upload and alter environmental parameter agricultural methods—is the only way to address this issue.
values in order to maximize plant growth and yield.
Thus, automation and Internet of Things technologies
I. INTRODUCTION are being used to make agriculture smarter. Numerous
applications, such as automatic irrigation decision support
The term "Internet of Things" refers to the broad concept of and crop development monitoring and selection, are made
the ability of Internet devices to sense and collect information possible by the Internet of Things (IoT). We suggested the
about their environment, share it over the Internet, and process it ESP8266 IoT Automatic irrigation system as a way to
for various exciting purposes. The Internet of Things is emerging update as well as raise agricultural output.
rapidly. The term "Internet of Things" (IoT) refers to the system

Fig 1 Node MCU

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II. REVIEW STUDY dynamic irrigation system that uses sensors and a flow
camera to conserve water resources and avoid pesticides.
In the year 2016, Abhishek Gupta proposed the idea to This system is tested using sensors and outputs are obtained
reduce the effect of daily watering of plant so that we can using proteus7 simulation software. So we can get into
improve the growth of plant. This can be done by using unmanned irrigation. In 2019, Neha K. nawandar launched a
various sensors like DTH11 sensor, soil moisture sensor. It farm monitoring and automatic irrigation system with three
is suitable for plant which may help to start a better growth modules: (i) Unified Sensor Hub (USP), a low-cost and
of plant and also it may support to control the usage of smart IoT-based module, (ii) Irrigation Unit (IU) and (iii)
water. Agriculture plays an important role in the Sensor Information Unit (SIU). For user access, the USP
development of an agricultural country like India. Livestock initially stays in management mode for a while, where it
problems have always hindered the development of the receives yield, planting date and soil data, which it uses to
country. In the year 2017 S. Rajagopal, V. Krishnamurthy calculate steam and irrigation schedules in a one-time setup
together proposed the ideas of smart husbandry by mode. In 2020, Le Huang Son presented the idea that
contemporizing the current traditional styles of agricultural irrigation control is one of the most important
husbandry. Recently, water scarcity has increased due to advantages of agriculture. This study mainly focused on
population growth and deforestation. A. Arsenio gave the fuzzy logic to achieve higher accuracy so that water can be
idea to develop the Internet of Things with a solar irrigation used efficiently for irrigation. With the result of the
system using an effective embedded method in agriculture. simulation, water use is determined according to the field
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that parameters in the cultivated field. Implemented device
connects the world with digital communication by making deployment and irrigation control via Android phone app.
Internet connected devices communicate with each other. It Tests have proven that we can achieve excellent results.
conceptualizes the remote connection and monitoring of
real-world objects through the Internet. D.K. In 2017, III. GAP IDENTIFICATION
Sreekantha presented the idea of a smart irrigation system
developed for an irrigation system using IoT (Internet of Distinguishing long-term crevices in an IoT-based
Things). The main purpose of the system is to monitor soil savvy water system framework includes considering
moisture, humidity and temperature at regular intervals, challenges that will emerge as the innovation advances and
which is much needed. for crops. , according to the the framework is conveyed over an expanded period.
requirements, water is pumped to the field and at the same Guaranteeing strong information security measures to secure
time the farmer receives real-time information on the delicate agrarian information collected by IoT gadgets from
farmer's smartphone. IoT based smart farming system can cyber dangers and unauthorized get to over the long term.
prove to be very useful for farmers of year and low Creating procedures to preserve framework unwavering
irrigation is not suitable for farming. Threshold values can quality and execution over time, counting standard support
be set for climatic conditions such as humidity, temperature of IoT gadgets, sensors, and communication foundation in
and humidity based on the environmental conditions of that unforgiving rural situations. By tending to these long-term
area. oh Daniela gave the idea of a SMART FARMING crevices, partners can guarantee the life span, adequacy, and
SYSTEM based on IoT, which focuses on real-time maintainability of IoT-based keen water system frameworks
monitoring of environmental data such as temperature, in farming as they proceed to advance and develop.
humidity and other data, depending on the sensors integrated
in it. In 2017, R.K. Kodali proposed the concept of "Plug A. Working Principle
and Sense" where farmers can implement smart agriculture An IoT-based keen water system framework with
as such by taking the system to the field and receiving real- NodeMCU ESP8266 ordinarily works by utilizing different
time data streams to various devices such as smartphones, sensors, such as dampness sensors, temperature sensors, and
tablets, etc. and the data generated by the sensors can. to be stickiness sensors, to screen natural conditions. The
used by Agricultural consultants with the integration of NodeMCU ESP8266, acting as a microcontroller,
cloud computing technology can easily share and see them accumulates information from these sensors and sends it to a
remotely from anywhere. The system also allows analyzing central server or cloud stage by means of Wi-Fi network.
different data from time to time using Big Data Analytics. The central server analyses the information and applies
The proposed agricultural irrigation system can measure soil calculations to decide when and how much water is required
moisture, field temperature, and transmit real-time data to for water system. Based on this examination, the server
the user via Wi-Fi and IoT server, if the control value is out sends enlightening back to the NodeMCU ESP8266, which
of range, the user can send a command via the IoT server to. controls the water system framework, turning on or off the
to maintain the fixed value of the parameter to ensure proper water supply as required. Generally, the framework points to
watering, and the proposed items Internet based irrigation optimize water utilization by giving exact water system
system is better than other irrigation systems that have been custom fitted to the particular needs of plants, in this way
proposed recently. Karthik Sivarama Krishnan presented a moderating water and advancing healthier growth.

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Fig 2 Circuit Diagram

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