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An automated irrigation system was developed to optimize water use for agricultural crops. The system has a distributed wireless network of soil-moisture and temperature sensors placed in the root zone of the plants. In addition, a gateway unit handles sensor information, triggers actuators, and transmits data to a web application. An algorithm was developed with threshold values of temperature and soil moisture that was programmed into a microcontroller-based gateway to control water quantity. The system was powered by photovoltaic panels and had a duplex communication link based on a cellular-Internet interface that allowed for data inspection and irrigation scheduling to be programmed through a web page. The automated system was tested in a sage crop field for 136 days and water savings of up to 90% compared with traditional irrigation practices of the agricultural zone were achieved. Three replicas of the automated system have been used successfully in other places for 18 months. Because of its energy autonomy and low cost, the system has the potential to be useful in water limited geographically isolated areas.
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Joaquín Gutiérrez
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas
Juan Francisco Villa-Medina
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas
Alejandra Nieto‐Garibay
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Pronatura Noroeste
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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a124ca737595128443459bb — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2013.2276487