Ambient Parametric Monitoring of Farms Using Embedded IoT & LoRa

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a cost effective, self-sustainable and solar rechargeable smart farming product based on embedded IoT and providing end to end solution using the cutting edge LoRa technology. It portrays the innovative methods developed to monitor ambient parameters using the LoRa LPWAN. The product leverages the capabilities of the Arduino Mini MCU capitalizing the low power and ultra-low power optimization techniques to enhance self-sustainability of the device. It also provides an insight of the alternative, creative approaches developed for some soil sensors (NPK and pH) to make the product cost-effective. These real time ambient data & parametric trends can be monitored over the cloud at user’s convenience on an android application.