Smart Agriculture System Powered by Solar Energy

Abstract

Smart agriculture system powered by solar energy is a system designed to control the irrigation operation automatically, and use the solar energy as a source of power to feed the pump.The main aim of the project is to design a system that irrigate plants without human contribution, and to ensure a minimum water losses, also to provide the system with power that needed by solar panel.PVsyst software and hand calculations have been used to developed a successfully design.The project automation is developed by using Arduino Uno, soil moisture sensor, water tank float switches and relay. The proposed automation design simulated on the simulation software Proteus to test its functionality. An economic comparison was made between solar energy system, diesel generators and the national grid to determine the most appropriate system for operating the irrigations system in the area under study.