Smart Sprinkler System Using Raspberry Pi

Nowadays the agricultural sector, which is considered as the backbone of the Indian Economy, that contributes to 25% of the country's GDP, has been declining due to depletion of water and natural fertilizers, inadequate use of technology in agriculture fields, unreliable and varying weather patterns. The proposed smart sprinkler system consists of a combination of Raspberry Pi and wireless sensors which are interconnected by webpage. Once the information is collected by sensor, it is then processed by the Raspberry Pi module, further mediated to the farmer through a webpage. With the help of this smart system, farmer will be able to know about the field conditions such as moisture content of the soil, presence of fertilizer in the soil, pH of the soil, nitrogen content in the soil, etc. for the efficient growth of crops. This paper mainly focuses on the real time monitoring and observation of field conditions with the help of efficient and economical sprinkler system. Every atmospheric change in the agricultural land can be sensed and intimated to the farmer, so that he can automate necessary changes in the irrigation pattern. Even the landowner, who employs poor farmers to grow the crops in his land, can get to know about the status even when he is residing anywhere in the world with the help of the internet.