Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on ICT for Digital, Smart, and Sustainable Development, ICIDSSD 2020, 27-28 February 2020, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

Research Article

Development and Analysis of Novel IoT Based Resistive Soil Moisture Sensor using Arduino UNO

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-2-2020.2303177,
        author={Akhilesh  Kandwal and Amit Kumar Shakya and Ayushman  Ramola and Anurag  Vidhyarthi},
        title={Development and Analysis of Novel IoT Based Resistive Soil Moisture Sensor using Arduino UNO},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on ICT for Digital, Smart, and Sustainable Development, ICIDSSD 2020, 27-28 February 2020, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICIDSSD},
        year={2021},
        month={3},
        keywords={soil moisture sensor arduino uno microcontroller embedded systems dubois model},
        doi={10.4108/eai.27-2-2020.2303177}
    }
    
  • Akhilesh Kandwal
    Amit Kumar Shakya
    Ayushman Ramola
    Anurag Vidhyarthi
    Year: 2021
    Development and Analysis of Novel IoT Based Resistive Soil Moisture Sensor using Arduino UNO
    ICIDSSD
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-2-2020.2303177
Akhilesh Kandwal1, Amit Kumar Shakya2,*, Ayushman Ramola2, Anurag Vidhyarthi1
  • 1: Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • 2: Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sangrur, Punjab, India
*Contact email: xlamitshakya.gate2014@ieee.org

Abstract

This paper presents the designing and construction of a resistive based soil moisture sensor using the Arduino UNO board. The low-cost sensor can be an effective device that can be used in determining and monitoring water content in the soil. The system is proposed to help farmers in agricultural applications. By knowing moisture content in the soil, farmers can determine the appropriate water needed for optimum growth of plants and improve irrigation planning thus increasing the overall crop productivity. Different soil test samples with different water content are taken for observing the variations in the values of the developed sensor. The sensor is found to meet considerable accuracy to a certain extent. The fusion of soil moisture models like the Dubois model is performed with the sensing device.