TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION………………………………………………………………………….iii
CERTIFICATE…………………………………………………………………………...iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………….v
LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………..…vi
LIT OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………………….vii
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………...……viii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………
2.1 Methods of Irrigation…………………………………………………..
2.1.1 Traditional Irrigation Methods…………….
2.1.2 Modern Irrigation Methods………………….
2.2 Advantages of Modern Irrigation Methods Over
Traditional Irrigation Methods……………………………
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT………………………………
3.1 Methodology of the Project……………………………………………..
3.2 Applications…………………………………………………………
3.3 Limitations……………………………………………………………..
CHAPTER 4 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION............................................................
CHAPTER 5 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION…………………………………………
5.1 Arduino Ide Module……………………………………………………
5.2 Arduino Liquid Crystal Libraries………………………………………….
5.3 Coding……………………………………………………………………..
CHAPTER 6 COMPONENTS USED……………………………………………
6.1 Arduino Uno
6.2 Liquid Crystal Display (20x4)
6.3 LCD Pin Configurations
6.3.1 Pin Description
6.4 Interfacing Of 20x4 Lcd With Arduino
6.5 RELAY
6.5.1 Working of relay
6.5.2 4 Channel Relay
i
 6.6 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
6.6.1 Principle to Measure Humidity
6.6.2 Principle to Measure Temperature
6.7 Soil moisture sensor
6.8 USB

ii
 DECLARATION

We hereby declare that this submission is our own work and that, to the best of our
knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another
person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any
other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except
where due acknowledgment has been made in the text.

Signature:

Name: Nidhi Panwar

Roll No.1509531902

Date:

Signature:

Name: Ranvir Kumar

Roll No 1509531903.

Date:

iii
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Report entitled “Automatic Irrigation System” which is submitted
by” Nidhi Panwar and Ranvir Kumar”in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the
award of degree B. Tech. in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of
A.K.T.U. Lucknow, is a record of the candidate own work carried out by them under my
supervision. The matter embodied in this thesis is original and has not been submitted for
the award of any other degree.

Date: Supervisor:

iv
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives us a great sense of pleasure to present the report of the B. Tech seminar
undertaken during B. Tech. final Year. We owe special debt of gratitude to Assistant
Professor Priyanka Chauhan, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering,
Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s College of Engineering and Technology, Noida for her
constant support and guidance throughout the course of our work. Her sincerity,
thoroughness and perseverance have been a constant source of inspiration for us. It is only
her cognizant efforts that our endeavors have seen light of the day.

We also take the opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Assistant Professor Shilpi
Shukla, Head, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mahatma
Gandhi Mission’s College of Engineering and Technology, Noida for her full support and
assistance during the development of the seminar.

We also do not like to miss the opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of all faculty
members of the department for their kind assistance and cooperation during the
development of our seminar. Last but not the least, we acknowledge our friends for their
contribution in the completion of the seminar.

v
 LIST OF TABLES
Table:6.1 Pin configuration of LCD

vi
 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO. FIGURE NAME PAGE NO.

Figure 2.1 Check Basin Method
Figure 2.2 Furrow Method
Figure 2.3 Strip Irrigation Method
Figure 2.4 Basin Irrigation Method
Figure 2.5 Sprinkler Irrigation Method
Figure 2.6 Drip Irrigation Systems
Figure 3.1 Block Diagram of Automatic irrigation system
Figure 4.1 Circuit diagram of soil moisture meter
Figure 6.1 Structure of Arduino uno board
Figure 6.2 Structure of LCD display
Figure 6.3 Interfacing of LCD display with Arduino board
Figure 6.4 Structure of Relay
Figure 6.5 4 Channel Relay Module
Figure 6.6 DHT11 sensor
Figure 6.7 Structure of humidity sensor
Figure 6.8 Structure of temperature sensor
Figure 6.9 Structure of soil moisture sensor

vii
 ABSTRACT

Water is a very precious resource and must be properly utilized. Agriculture is one of those
areas which consume a lot of water. Irrigation is a time consuming process and must be
done on a timely basis.
The main aim of this project is to develop an automatic irrigation system which checks the
moisture level in the soil and if moisture level is low then Arduino switches ON a water
pump to provide water to the plants. Water pump gets automatically OFF when system
finds enough moisture in the soil. Whenever system switched ON or OFF the pump, a
message is sent to the user via GSM module, updating the status of water pump and soil
moisture. This system is very useful in Farms, gardens, home etc.

viii