Design of automatic watering system based on arduino

• Main Authors: Prasojo I., Maseleno A., Tanane O., Shahu N.
• Other Authors: 57203457124
• Format: Article
• Published: Department of Agribusiness, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2023
• Institution: Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Food self-sufficiency is a government program that has been being actively promoted so that Indonesia to reach food independence. Indonesia is a maritime and agricultural country with rainy and dry seasons. In the rainy season, food plants usually do not need to be watered, while in the dry season, the plants must be watered regularly according to the soil moisture conditions. Farmers usually do not grow food plants in the dry season for fear that it will not grow well. The farmer's dependence on the season causes the production to decline and becomes an obstacle in the success of the food self-sufficiency program. An information and communication technology-based agricultural device is needed to overcome the problem. The research aimed to design a programmed microcontroller chip to control watering automatically based on soil moisture detected using a domestic soil moisture sensor. This device detected whether the soil was dry or not. The farmers did not need to do watering manually. In addition to helping farmers, the device could also be installed on plantations, seedbed nurseries, urban parks, hotels, offices, and homes. � Journal of Robotics and Control (JRC) 2020.