The main aim of the project is to design an automotive rain operated roof using solar energy to protect the field crops from rain. This project uses temperature and soil moisture sensor to detect the temperature and moisture content in soil and based on that it will switches ON/OFF the irrigation motor. As human beings we cannot control the natural phenomenon such as rain, humidity, high temperature, etc. Some of the measures are taken against this environmental hazard but they are performed manually. In the Current system there is no protection for crops against natural disasters such as Floods, Rains and as well as from over Sun heat. Which are in turn Reduces the plant growth in turn reduces yield. In this project we are proposing the system which prevents the spoilage of crops due to heavy rains. This is achieved with embedded system design using sensors. Here comes the need of automation. Automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. An automation system consisting of a connection between hardware and software has freed the individuals from their day-to-day chores. In this project we try to establish new intelligent system which helps to protect the crops against environmental impact like rain. This project makes a use of solar energy to run this project. Solar energy is stored into the battery through charging circuit. This battery power is used to run the roof motor and irrigation motor The main controlling part of the project is Arduino controller. Rain sensor, Soil moisture sensor, temperature sensor, DC water pump along with motor driver is interfaced to the Arduino. When the Rain falls on sensor it will detect and process this signal to the Arduino then Arduino cover the roof on crops with the help of dc motors. When the soil moisture sensor detects low level moisture in soil then Arduino uno will switch ON the irrigation motor. When the soil moisture detects moisture content in soil Arduino will switch OFF the irrigation motors. Based on the temperature value also Arduino will control the DC water pump through driver circuit. To do this task controller is programmed with in Embedded C language. In this project solar energy is stored into the rechargeable battery and this battery power is used to switch ON/OFF the irrigation motor and water pump.

Objectives:

• Design a rain operated roof which can be run with solar energy.
• Soil moisture, temperature based automatic irrigation water pump control.
• It is very useful to the farmers to protect their crops from rain.
• Solar power based smart irrigation and roof control system.

The major building blocks of this project are:

• Solar Panel.
• Charging circuit.
• Rechargeable battery.
• ARDUINO UNO.
• Rain sensor.
• Soil moisture sensor.
• Temperature sensor.
• DC water pump.
• DC motor along with motor driver.

Software Used:

• Arduino IDE studio compiler for Embedded C programming.
• Express SCH for Circuit design.

 

 

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