Development of Internet of Things (IoT) Application for Garden Irrigation System

Abstract

This project aims to develop a system that is able to irrigate the plant automatically using a smartphone. This is a prototype of an IoT Garden Irrigation System (IoT-GIS) project aims to help people that makes gardening as their hobby, but constantly away from their garden or have to go outstation. By using Blynk apps, this project is able to monitor the soil moisture and also control the water pump automatically or manually. This project is using soil sensors, water pumps and Arduino microcontroller that is connected to the internet via wifi. Based on the observed result, this IoT-GIS project shows that its ability to communicate and control the watering process manually and also automatically. IoT-GIS can detect the soil moisture and activate the pump automatically. Furthermore, the user can view the status of their plant everywhere, and set the timer automatically to watering the plant. This project hopefully can assist gardening hobbyist anywhere in the world.