Smart irrigation system based on internet of things with voice command

Abstract

The smart irrigation system is a more innovative, user-friendly, time-saving and more efficient than the existing system. The smart irrigation system is significant for horticulture to get high return in semiarid and bone-dry regions because the fields in requirements of the water system can contain various plants. The irrigation of plants is an activity that taking times and requires a lot of human resources, also consuming water excessively. According to the issue of the existing irrigation system, mass irrigation is one method used to water the plants. Besides, the other issue would be the difficulties of the user who has physical disabilities that having problems in handling the irrigation system. Thus, the objectives of this research are: (i) to develop a smart irrigation system with integrated voice command that assists the farmers in watering their plantations as well as that can reduce water usage for better preservation; and (ii) to prepare a monitoring system that helps the farmer to monitor the plant. To fulfil the objectives of the research, the research scope focuses on the development of a smart irrigation system that is based on the Internet of Things (IoT) as to assist the farmer easily monitoring and managing the plantation activities. To facilitate all types of users, no matter who has normal physical or user who has a physical impairment, this smart system is integrated with the functionality of voice command. Therefore, to develop this smart system that based on IoT technology, the raspberry pi, wifi module, soil moisture sensors (to measure the exact moisture level of soil, and BME280 sensor (to measure the temperature of air and the humidity of the air) are used as the development platform. Also, as this smart system is integrated with voice command, the speech recognition module is used. All of these modules have been successfully tested on the functionality of the smart irrigation system based on IoT with a voice command. Based on the testing results, it shows that the functionalities of the smart irrigation system with voice command is 100% accurate when the farmer can effectively control the smart irrigation system with a voice command without any disturbance.