Solar powered automated fertigation system (I-SIRAM)

Said Ramli, Syamirruddin (2022) Solar powered automated fertigation system (I-SIRAM). Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The use of digital agriculture, sometimes known as smart farming or e-agriculture is the new frontier to empower the agriculture sector by infusing IR4.0 technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture. The emergence of IoT technology has contributed to the progress of intelligent farming from manual and conventional farming through trial and error to precision agriculture through digital technology. Therefore, I-SIRAM has been developed as a digital solution for precision and smart agriculture. I-SIRAM is an IoT-based automated fertigation system that uses solar-powered to control the injection of fertilizer intake with the intention of tackling the overdose of fertilizer and watering intake. I-SIRAM is developed to automatically agitate a proper proportion of fertilizers, and watering and to implement solar-powered automatic fertilizer that can cut the electricity accessibility issues. Arduino UNO is selected as the microcontroller to program the system while pumps, motors, and sensors are used to initiate the agitation of fertilizer A, fertilizer B, and water into the mixer tank. The system has been built accordingly and the performance of the system has been tested. What makes the project unique is that it is automatic, energy sufficient, 100% accurate, and fully electronic control. With the aid of solar energy and IoT implementation, the automatic fertigation system will bring lots of benefits regarding cost, productivity, labor, human health, and the ecosystem. This system has been tested in real-time and now is ready for commercialization.

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