Smart farm automation tools
Smart farms, greenhouse – IOT technology’s remote diagnostics & monitoring capabilities are also being successfully employed outside the realm of mechanical maintenance. IOT devices are being used to collect detailed and real-time data in a wide array of fields, ranging from medicine to agriculture. Robust data collection has even allowed businesses to automate certain processes and remotely manage production.
IOT wireless sensors in greenhouse / vertical farming
An excellent illustration of these capabilities comes from the agricultural industry. Forward-thinking indoor growers and nursery owners have implemented IoT devices to help monitor and manage their plants. In this scenario, a connected device continuously monitors environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, sunlight, and soil condition.
This remote diagnostics data is then collected using Sensor devices, compiled, and organized to help growers analyze long-term environmental trends. Wireless sensor devices can also be designed to automatically respond to environmental data in the greenhouse. If the device registers low moisture levels in the soil, for example, it can automatically trigger a watering system to correct it. This kind of functionality both boosts productivity, and reduces overhead costs. Like other IoT applications, the end result is a system that is more efficient, more productive, and less expensive.
Smart farm automation – ROI factors
From the readings taken from the temperature sensor, humidity sensor, moisture sensor, pH sensor, Greenhouse, smart farm Monitoring solutions are capable of automating the process of switching on and off the actuators to provide remote temperature and humidity control, irrigation, fertigation readings
Decrease in the energy consumptions relating to all the processes of temperature and humidity control, irrigation system, etc. hence the time the pump, heater, fan, and other devices are operated reduces.
- Monitoring the pH of rain and water harvested-pH sensors
- Monitor the acidity and alkalinity of the soil-pH sensors
- Measure the soil moisture content-moisture sensor
- Monitoring the ambient lighting-ambient light sensors
- Analytics using leaf color monitoring will help early identification of plant diseases
- Monitoring all other critical factors (temperature, humidity, moisture, air quality, CO2) etc.
Less of supervisory efforts. No need to go around the farming yard to measure readings of moisture, temperature, etc.
Current monitoring systems ensure that equipment consuming high electricity can be replaced or repaired for efficiency.
Realtime industrial monitoring of assets such as a heater, fan, and water pumps will reduce maintenance costs.
identifying the malfunctions of these devices through temperature and vibration reading-temperature and vibration sensor.
Safety and security of these assets – Prevent theft and abuse.
- Reduction in the usage of water(minimize the wastage of water)-proper irrigation-deploying moisture sensors
- Reduce the usage of fertilizers by measuring the acidic and alkaline content of the soil-pH sensors
- Resource optimization
Soil moisture sensor reports that soil sensor triggers irrigation of the field is below optimum moisture levels for plant growth. Once the sensors detect field has had enough watering, water turns off.
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