A Cost Effective Agriculture System based on IoT using Sustainable Energy

In this generation, automation has become popular in all the sectors. Even in all hard environments, the latest sensors can read accurate results. Now the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) has made remote control operations to perform effectively with ease. The sensors have been reduced in size and can be installed easily at required space. The IoT implementation helps out bridging the control between the devices and end users. The proposed model uses Node MCU with Wi-Fi enabled ESP8266 as a microcontroller which can handle the sensory components with ease. The model features soil dampness, water level and motor control along with some rich features like smart drainage system. The control interface is simple through a web application coupled with ADAFRUIT server which is optimized for better usage. This can be accessed by farmers through their smart phone with any Wi-Fi/2G/3G/4G internet connectivity for remote usage and monitoring. By using renewable energy source named solar energy is used to supply power to entire automated agriculture system, so as to reduce the power consumption and the cost incurred by the power tariff. This model aims for the development of farmers with low cost and energy efficient to readily accommodate the fields.