Prototipo de un sistema automatizado de riego utilizando sensores para proveedores de Alimentos.

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present thesis work entails the design of an automated irrigation system prototype, which helps to maintain the balance of soil moisture causing water to be used efficiently, along with the use of an Arduino microcontroller and humidity and environment sensors. To design such a prototype, it must have two sensors one, that measures the soil moisture, and the other, that measures the humidity of the environment. These sensors will transfer the information to the Arduino microcontroller, which then will decide according to both the parameters and conditions imposed on the script, whether it is necessary to activate the automatic irrigation resulting in turning on the water pump. Consequently, the soil humidity is controlled, helping to avoid an excess or deficit of humidity in the orchard. To validate it, tests were carried out in different soil moisture environments giving optimum results according to the conditions imposed on the operation of the prototype. Keywords: automation, automatic irrigation, arduino, sensors, microcontroller