A Wireless Sensor Network for Automated Irrigation Systems

Sabrine Khriji, Dhouha El Houssaini, Christian Viehweger, Olfa Kanoun

Abstract

The Wireless Sensors Networks (WSN) technology has spread rapidly into different fields and sectors, agriculture is one of them. WSNs for agriculture are used for their cost effectiveness to improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the whole farming system. This work focus on the design and implementation of an intelligent, low cost and fully automated irrigation system which will be able to provide full time monitoring. The system is composed of different types of nodes. Each node consists of a TelosB mote and adequate sensors and actuators. In addition, a gateway unit handles sensor information, triggers actuators, and transmits data to a java or web application. To maximize the lifetime of a mote the system was powered by an Energy Harvesting Module using a solar panel.

Keywords

WSN, sensors, actuator, TelosB, energy harvesting, solar panel

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TC19 - Environmental Measurements

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