USING ARDUINO BOARD FOR AUTOMATIC PULSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Nowadays the scarcity of water is a source of great concern for agriculture and using technology to control irrigation systems has become an essential requirement. A laboratory and outdoor work were carried out at Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kaferelsheikh University during summer 2016. The aim of this work is designing a system which is capable of on/off the water pump for pulse irrigation system in time. Arduino board and other hardware is programmed at 20 min.on/20min.off (possible to change) with the Arduino software. The proposed prototype can help in reducing hard work of pulse irrigation system due to on/off valves manually, cost and save time. The uses of moisture sensor and solenoid valve make a smart irrigation system. Arduino based automatic watering system has been designed and tested successfully by part of second.