Design and Development of Automated Soil Quality Management System using LabVIEW
Sridevi P C1, Mr. KhajaMoinuddin2
Citation : Sridevi P C,Mr.KhajaMoinuddin, Design and Development of Automated Soil Quality Management System using LabVIEW International Journal of Innovative Research in Electronics and Communications 2015, 2(4) : 8-15
The efficient and profitable production of agricultural products depends on a suitable soil condition. Developing a wireless and Intranet-accessible system to monitor sensor readings and control actuators for determining the optimum soil conditions for agricultural activities to provide information for the farmer with the solutions to maintain the soil conditions is the most challenging work. Remote monitoring and control system (RMS) is easy to utilize and has good reliable facility, providing the efficient monitoring and maintenance of process. In this paper, automated soil quality management system is designed, which is a wireless and Intranet-accessible system using Wi-Fi. Remotely monitored and controlled robot monitors entire field condition in real time, by measuring soil parameters like soil EC (Electrical conductivity), soil pH, soil moisture and atmospheric humidity, even automated regulation of water supply using radio frequency (RF) technology, is provided based on soil moisture level and all this necessary information is provided to farmer at base station on LabVIEW (Laboratory virtual instrument engineering workbench) graphical user interface (GUI) and also through SMS using GSM. Proposed System is implemented using NI (National instruments) LabVIEW and NI myRIO (reconfigurable input output) which has built in Wi-Fi, with web servicing capability. Most useful advantage of the designed system is, it facilitates the re-configuration and re-programming ability remotely, in accordance with the change in environmental condition.