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Measurement of NPK from PH value

Mr. Khakal V.S.1, Mr. Deshpande. N. M 2 , Mr. Varpe P. B. 3
1
Department of E &TC , PDVVP COE Ahmednagar, [email protected]
2
Department of E &TC , PDVVP COE Ahmednagar, [email protected]
3
Department of E &TC , PDVVP COE Ahmednagar, [email protected]

Abstract- This system is useful to recognize and detect motion automatically around a robot's
environment in order to equip a mobile robot for a surveillance task for farm. It helps to manage and
measure agricultural micro-parameters .The robot design has been partitioned into camera work, sensor
part, controlling part, On-line video and image transmitter system and planning subsystems .This
measurement of N,P,K Element in soil is further useful to decide fertilizer requirement and combinations
for soil. It can be helpful for chemical industries to manage content of same in chemical mixing during
formation of fertilizer. We can minimize no of required nodes used to measure overall field area. In
conventional method of farming, human labors were required to visit the greenhouse at specific time and
need to check the humidity level and temperature level and all other micronutrient level manually. This
technique is considered time consuming and needs a lot of work and effort. Therefore this research
focuses on developing a system that can remotely monitor and predict changes of parameter level in
agricultural greenhouse. The objective of the research is to develop a “Measurement of NPK from Ph
value”. The proposed system has a measurement which capable of detecting the level of temperature,
Element contents in soil (N,P,K) , Humidity , Soil moisture Soil , Ph. This system also has a mechanism
to alert farmers regarding the temperature changes in the greenhouse so that early precaution steps can be
taken. In this research, several tests had been conducted in order to prove the viability of the system.
Keywords-Robot,X-bee; LPC2131/2132/2138 ARM7 Temperature measurement; Humidity
measurement, NPK.
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I. INTRODUCTION

In traditional method of farming, human labors were required to visit the greenhouse at specific time and
need to check the humidity level and temperature level manually. This conventional method is
considered time consuming and needs a lot of work and effort. In traditional method we have to use
more no of nodes to measure parameters from various part of the agricultural area. It increase total cost
as well as it is somewhat time consuming case to collect the data from each node.
Therefore this research focuses on developing a system that can remotely monitor and predict changes
of temperature level in agricultural greenhouse. The objective of the research is to develop a
“Measurement of NPK from soil pH. The proposed system has a measurement which capable of
detecting the level of temperature, Element contents in soil (N,P,K), Humidity , Soil moisture Soil , Ph.
This system also has a mechanism to alert farmers regarding the temperature changes in the greenhouse
so that early precaution steps can be taken. In this research, several tests had been conducted in order to
prove the viability of the system. Test results indicated that the reliability of the system in propagating
information directly to the farmers could be gained excellently in various conditions. increases the value
of resistance. But it not happens in capacitance behavior as firmness change. The capacitances were
decreased as firmness improved.

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According to the past development [1] system based only for the surveillance system ,but this system is
now useful to both surveillance and the parameter measurement. Further one more system is designed
[2] for only the parameter measurement which is not sufficient. Third system [4] is developed for the
water level measurement in soil which is by using moisture sensor but this covers smaller area. Now
which overcomes by using this system. Next to this [5] one system is comes which is helpful to measure
potassium effectively but it is only up to potassium hence we have decided to include all the parameters.

II. PROPOSED SYSTEM

Following are the block diagram of transmitter , receiver end as well as overall block diagram of robot
and user end which having ARM Controller at the center and motor control drives to manage the
movements of robot through the agricultural land surface. All needful sensors are mounted on one arm
which is placed properly on the robot. Whose motions are managed with help of program . Data can be
share in between the robot and user end with help of RF Tran receiver. Video Camera is placed over the
robot which is also movable according to need.
At the receiver end system have CPU with graphical user interface and data storage provision. With the
help of DC motors this robot is free to move anywhere in agricultural surface towards the required
direction and then collect the amount of content of available parameters and simultaneously it will pick
the real time video monitoring which is further useful to find the problems occurred in crops and other
elements. Video monitoring is further useful to complete video monitoring, quality inspection. At the
receiver end this system have GUI which is capable to display each parameter uniquely along with the
real time video. User can manage the required movement from user side by using available provision
from movement manager. One can manage the movement of robot towards right, left, forward and
Backward.

Figure 1.Block Diagram of Project

This system required following sensors to measure the various parameters as

2.1 Humidity Measurement
Humidity is one of the important parameter of any green house. As there are so many types of
humidity sensors, here P-Hs-220 humidity sensor is used. The output of this humidity sensor is
proportional to output voltage. At 20% relative humidity, the output is 660 mV, while at 90% relative
humidity; the output is 2970 mV, i.e. 2.97 V. The output of the Humidity is connected to the ARM
processor at pin no.35, which is the analog input (AD 1.2) of the ARM processor.

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2.2 pH Measurement
A pH measurement is actually, a precise voltmeter that measures the generated voltage of a pH
electrodes .Here Alpha pH 500 Transmitter with pH Electrode (EC100GTSO05B) The requirement of
such measurement is an amplifier with high input impedance and has the gain of voltage-pH conversion.
The standard pH probe is responsible to generate voltage of the range 59mV/pH .So a pre-amplifier is
required with high input impedance input and with gain = 16.7 to give 1 Volt per pH . The schematic
diagram of the pH measurement circuit is as shown below.

2.3 LM35 Temperature sensor

LM35 Temperature sensor is the temperature sensor used to sense the temperature from field .It
having Linear + 10 mV/°C Scale Factor ,Calibrated Directly in °Celsius (Centigrade) ,0.5°C Ensured
Accuracy (at +25°C) ,Rated for Full −55°C to +150°C Range , Operates from 4 to 30 V.
2.4. NPK Microsensors(PHEC 04)
The use of micro-sensors for in-field monitoring of environmental parameters is of great interest,
particularly semiconductor-based micro-sensors. These sensors have many advantages over other
sensors. The advantages includes smaller size, robustness, less output impedance, fast response.

Figure 2 .Working Diagram of PHEC 04

Above fig is shows the PHEC sensor whose range in between 0 to 7 , we can predict specific
value for the N,P,K . Following chart shows some ideas about this relations.

Figure 3. Reference Chart

2.5 Hardware Requirements

1. ARM7 board (LPC2138 Processor)
2. Temperature sensor
3. Humidity Sensor
4. NPK Sensor

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5. LCD monitor
6. USB mouse
7. USB Keyboard
8. Laptop
9. Robotic Arm
2.6 Software Requirements
1. Software: Keil 3.0
2. Operating System: Windows XP.
3. Visual Studio 2008
4. Visual Basic 6.0
III. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
Finally every quantity is displayed over a GUI created at the user end .This part having visual basic
studio support at the backend. It includes calibration part as well as displaying part. Following are some
steps and results which obtained during the analysis.
Step 1:- log in
In this step user have to log in by using password and login ID allotted.

Step 2:- Select particular computer port used to connect serial port.

Step 3:- Reset the controller and click over sensor data mode using GUI.
Step 4:- Move Robot as well as robotic arm to pick appropriate location.
Step 5:- Final results.

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Step 6:- Report generation with time and date.

IV. CONCLUSION
This System deals with the design, optimization and development of a practical solution for application
to the agricultural monitoring and control. The proposed system utilizes sensor for Micro parameter
measurement (N,P,K),temperature level detection, Motion detection , Humidity , Soil moisture ,Soil Ph
For management of Agricultural environment. It included Real-time Video Monitoring and Agricultural
Parameters measurement using Sensor Networks for Precision Agriculture. After the proper
measurement of N,P,K content from soil it will become simple to judge about the fertilizer
combinations.
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