Engineering Technology Division

SOIL MOISTURE BASE GARDEN IRRIGATION SYSTEM

                                                   PHILIP IAN N. YMBONG
                                                      EDZSON PORLARES
                                              VINCENT THOMAS SEÑEREZ

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  A major research project like this would never be the work of anyone alone. The contributions of different people have made this paper possible. We would like to extend our appreciation to the following:

    To  Engr. Jamie Eduardo A. Rosal, college instructor and Software Project adviser, for his continuous support, patience, motivation, enthusiasm, and immense knowledge, for his endeavors in giving idea, for his advices in constructing of our system, for providing corrections on the content and organization of my thesis paper;

   To My classmates and friends who had given their supports, encouragement, pieces of advice and inspiration;

   To My parents and family, for their outmost care, patience, understanding, unconditional love and sending me to college. I am always grateful for their never-ending supports: emotionally, spirituality and financially; and

    Above all, we give thanks to Almighty God, for bestowing upon us his wisdom and perseverance during the making of this research project, for the gift of knowledge enabling us to do what he wishes us to be. Because without him, this paper would seem to be nothing.

    

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SOIL MOISTURE BASE GARDEN IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Philip Ian N. Ymbong

Edzson Porlares

Vincent Thomas Señerez

        

          Soil Moisture Base Garden Irrigation System is a system created for those who are having problem with the proper moisture of the soil in their garden.

       

          The study aims to provide an efficient and easy way to know whether the soil is properly moisture or not. With the use of this system, the user can be provided the things he/she needed on what is the condition of his/her soil. Its main purpose is to manage your garden  efficiently. By using this system, the operation of managing the moisture result of your soil is paperless. This irrigation system also created to ensure that your garden store your soil properly in order to obtain good result.

 INTRODUCTION

PROJECT CONTEXT:

        Electricity is one of the basic necessities nowadays. Electricity powers the world. It is needed to power every single applicance in the offices, schools, homes and any other establishments where people occupy and stay. These appliances help the people life easy. Televesions, radios, computers and Water Systems are some of the appliances that provides the crave of the people to experience a comfortable living.

        Water Systems like water pump power control is commonly used to provide a healthy environment. This regulates the water within the ground, thus reduce the amount of water to flow to the ground. Convenience is one of the benefits that could get if this person is in a well-organized environment.

        One way of managing water consumption is to minimize the usage of water. By minimizing the usage of water, this could result to a decrease of the water bill paid by the user.

         The researcher introduced the soil moisture base garden irrigation system to address this problem.

         A moisture sensor is a device that detects the moisture of the ground.

        

         This study is design to control the operation of water pump by the aid of moisture sensor which gives signal whether to turn it on and off depending on the sensor setting configuration thus eliminating wasted time and water.

PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION:

     

          As the project controls when to operate a soil moisture system, the project aims to:

             

                      Consumers. This study would benefit those consumers who are willing to install this system in their respectives houses/garden to reduce their monthly payment to water distributor.

OBJECTIVES:

          The main goal of this project is to control the improper usage of moisture irrigation system, to minimize the water consumption of the particular place. Specific objectives of the project are defined as:

·         Save water consumption

·         Less man power

·         Build a system that will automatically turn on the water once motion is detected underground. The water motor will automatically turn off when motion is not detected and the ground is already wet.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION:

             The project covers the operation of soil moisture irrigation system by triggering its operation mode when the ground is dry.  The sensors to be used are a soil moisture sensor. The sensors also turns off the motor when the ground is already wet.

             The project does not control the speed of water. It has only two states which are the ON and OFF state. The motor is to be in its standard speed when operating or if it is in its ON state, and in OFF state when it’s not operating. The project uses only a motor. Moisture sensors might not cover the whole ground but not need to touch anything. Ground or water is needed to detect.  

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

              This chapter provides the technical background for the development of the methodologies described in Soil Moisture Base Garden Irrigation System. Tools and technology used and applied are also included.

DESCRIPTION:

      Soil Moisture Base Garden Irrigation System is intended for all consumers who have problems in soil moisturing.

      The system will automatically turn on the motor once it the moisture sensor detects that the ground is dry. The motor will turn off when  the moisture sensor detects that the ground is already wet.

TECHNOLOGY USED AND APPLIED:

      To accomplish all of planned features of the proposed project, the researchers used the following tools to implement and make it possible.

1.      The ARDUINO, is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It’s an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board. Arduino can be used to develop interactive obejcts, taking inputs from a variety of sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors and other physical outputs. Arduino projects can be stand-alone, or they can communicate with software running on your computer.

2.      LM-393, is a driver connected to moisture sensor that can be used to know the moisture of the ground.

TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK:

   

             

  This chapter presents the requirements specification, non-functional requirements, security requirements, software requirements and usability requirements.

REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION:

          A.    External Interface Requirements

1.      User Interface

The system has only one interfaces which are the mains’ interface.

2.      Hardware Interfaces

The system must be connected to a printer with a parallel or serial USB port in order to utilize its functionalities.

3.      Software Interfaces

Soil Moisture Base Garden Irrigation System enabled the motor to shower the soil if it is dry. The system was created by using Arduino.

B.     Non Functional Requirements

Administrator’s and User’s end: JAVA PLATFORM IDE

           System Type     : Personal Computer

           Processor Type : Celeron 1.79 GHz or higher

           RAM                 : 1 GB or higher

           HDD                  : at least 1 GB or higher

           SVGA Modes   : 256 color or higher and 1024*768/standard resolution.

           Software Infrastructure Required:

                      Operating System : Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista

                      Developed on       :  Arduino 1.6.2

SYSTEM DESIGN

           

           

 CONCLUSIONS

                                                                                

Ø   After completion of the term paper, we expect that the problems in the existings system would overcome. The “SOIL MOISTURE BASE GARDEN IRRIGATION SYSTEM” process made computerized to reduce human errors and to increase the efficiency. The main focus of this project is to lessen human efforts. The maintenance of the soil is made efficient, as all the soil are being maintained.

   Our main aim of the project is to get the correct information about the needs of a soil. From a paper analysis of positive points and constraints on the component, it can be safely concluded that the whole irrigation system has been made through our level best analysis. We wish our system will go a long way by satisfying users requirements. The automation of Soil Moisture Base Garden Irrigation System will not only improve the efficiency but will also reduce human stress thereby indirectly improving human recourses.