Smart Valve - Electric Tap

Agriculture accounts for around 70% of all water withdrawals globally according to the World Bank, and approximately 60% of that is wasted, largely due to inefficient applications according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). With water increasingly valuable against the backdrop of a rising human population and climate change. I have found one solution integrating a drip irrigation system with an embedded system.

Smart Valve is basically an electric tap for the supply of water to the drip irrigation system. It will turn ON/OFF depending on the moisture of the soil or data received by him by the farmer. It will help in saving water and time for the farmer. He doesn't have to always look around for the dryness of the soil and turned the valve manually.

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The proposed solution uses LoRa Technology’s long-range, low-power wireless qualities to enable the use of low-cost sensors to send data from the farm to the Cloud where it can be analysed to improve operations. It is basically a two-way communication between the sensor node in the farm(Smart Valve) and a trans-receiver at the farmer's house. Due to its long-range capabilities, it can communicate at a distance of almost 10Km wirelessly with low power consumption.

The proposed solution is powered by 2 Lithium Ion 18650 batteries of 2500 mAh, the microcontroller chip ( (Atmega328P) used here is half a time kept in deep sleep mode saving maxing power. There is a micro-USB port given to the module to charge it with a 5V 2A adapter. It also has a Solar panel connected in parallel with the adapter which will charge the batteries on the field with a free renewable energy source(Sunlight). So there is no worry about charging the batteries manually as such.

So overall it is a great package for farmers to install on their farms and take a step toward smart agricultu