GREENHOUSE DECORATIVE PLANT

WATERING SYSTEM
MUHAMMAD ARIF LUTFI BIN MOHD ZAIDI
School of Electrical Engineering Collage of
Engineering University Teknologi MARA
Terengganu 23000
Dungun, Terengganu

lutfiarif5151@gmail.com

Abstract: In this modern era, we know that Malaysia
is one of the agriculture-oriented country and the rate
at which heat problem in the country pose dangerous
threathence there is a need of smart and efficient way
of irrigation. In this project we have implemented
sensors which detect the signal from the remote that
the user use and it will supply water to the field which
has water requirement. The project is ,Arduino based
design which controls the water supply and the field to
be irrigated. There are sensors present in each field
which are not activated till the user sent the signal on
the field. Once the sensor gets the signal from the
remote the signal will be sent to the Arduino. Arduino
then supply water to that field which has water
requirement, and the Arduino will stop supplying water
when the user send an input to the sensor to stop the
Arduino.
Ir remote and sensor are used in this project along
with Arduino. It is set up so that the user can operate
the project with ease; to transmit a signal, the user must
push the IR remote, and the IR sensor will then pick up
the signal and transfer it to the Arduino. To maintain
both small and large gardens, this kind of system is
frequently employed for general plant maintenance.
The plants often require watering twice daily, in the
morning and evening. Therefore, it is necessary to use
the plant watering system to water the greenhouse
plants roughly twice each day. Plants are loved by
people for their advantages and the satisfying sense of
caring for them. However, for most farmers having a
hard time trying to make sure the plant receives the
exact amount of water. We created a project to address
this issue for people who are unable to water their
plants because of their hectic schedules or when they
spend a lot of time outside. The system is created to
support the user. Through this effort, I wish to let
individuals enjoy growing plants without the
difficulties posed by forgetfulness or absence
.Keywords—IR remote, IR sensor, Arduino
I. INTRODUCTION
Today, because of global warming, temperatures are
rising at an alarming rate over the world, resulting in
water evaporation from plant systems, soil dryness,
and groundwater depletion, resulting in water
scarcity. As a result, an automatic plant watering
system is an ideal option to use because the farmer
may turn it on and off. When compared to manual
watering plants, this method is simple and cost-
effective, and it saves labour time because the system
does all of the work for farmers. The current gardening
method has numerous flaws, such as a shortage of
water provided to the plant, a high number of plants
that causes the farmer difficulty, and the time required
to care for the plant. Due to the farmer's manual
labour, there is a high risk of making mistakes in
today's gardening.
The amount of water that healthy plants may transpire
will raise the humidity in the air in the greenhouse.
High relative humidity should be avoided because it
can make diseases more common and produce more
plant transpiration (over 80 to 85 percent).
Condensation on the surfaces of plants and the
greenhouse structure can be avoided with sufficient
venting or repeated heating and venting. The humidity
of the greenhouse air rises during the hotter summer
months due to the use of cooling systems. Controlling
the humidity inside the greenhouse might be difficult
when it's warm and humid outside. Because a lot of
water can evaporate into the incoming air, causing
significant temperature reductions, greenhouses
located in arid regions benefit greatly from
evaporative cooling systems.
When the electricity is turned on, this automatic
irrigation system detects the IR remote's signal, sends
it to the Arduino UNO, and switches the pump on
automatically. The effective use of irrigation systems is
crucial since the main cause of the water deficit on the
land is the lack of rain, which leads to unplanned water
use and wasteful water use of significant amounts. This
is why I use this automatic plant watering system,
which is excellent in all types of weather.
 II. PROBLEM STATEMENT IV. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Currently, the watering of greenhouse decorative
plants is done manually, which is inefficient, costly,
and time-consuming. The system's major flaw is that
gardening required a lot of human effort. Farmers
find it challenging to manually irrigate their fields
and deliver the correct amount of water for optimal
plant growth. When the greenhouse contains a lot of
ornamental plants, we may perceive this flaw.
This necessitates many workers, increasing the
amount of money spent alone on wages. The
workplace also becomes crowded due to a lot of
workers at the same times. Due to water scarcity,
water management becomes a major challenge, as
hand irrigation wastes water. Number of spaces use
to store the equipment for farmers also being and
issue for this project to become more relevant.
IR sensor and IR remote will be used to establish a
connection from the IR remote and the Arduino UNO.
The IR remote will send the infrared signal that will
be captured by the IR sensor/LM393. Then the IR
sensor/LM393 will convert the infrared signal into a
digital code signal and sent it to the Arduino UNO.
From the signal that have been received by Arduino
UNO the input will be processed from the coding and
after that the servo motor will be switch on.
V. METHADOLOGY
A. Flowchart for Greenhouse Plant Watering
System.

III. SCOPE OF WORK

Based on my problem statement, I have created a

prototype to implement an automatic plant watering
system considering all aspects of a large greenhouse.
The main components of the project are Arduino
UNO, IR sensor, IR remote, water level sensor, and
water pump, Using ARDUINO IDE software i can
program ARDUINO such that it irrigates the plants
based on the feedback of IR sensor content provided
by the IR remote.

When IR remote gives an input to provide the water,

the water pump starts irrigating. I can use a sprinkler
or drip system for irrigation. When water content
reaches the right amount that the plant needs, the
farmer will switch off the water pump. The water
level sensor will be placed inside the tank. When the
water level reaches a lower limit in the tank the user
will be notified by LED to switch ON the motor to fill
the tank. Also, to avoid overflow, the user will be
notified by LED when the water level reaches the Figure 1: Flow Chart
maximum limit so that they can switch OFF the moto.

Figure 1. shows the operation of Greenhouse Plant

Watering System, this system is designed to make
plant watering easier with using less human power
and remote system. To start, the system will detect
the input that have been sent from remote. The signal
that being sent will be convert into the digital coding
and the system will processed the coding and
produce an output that is the servo motor rotate
clockwise or anticlockwise. The system will not
produce an output if the input coding being sent is
not suitable with the system output coding.

B. Block diagram of Greenhouse Plant Watering
System
Figure 2: Block Diagram
The base of the Greenhouse Plant Watering System
as shown in the Figure 2. The system has an amount
of 3 input and 4 output. The system begin with power
supply, provides power to the system. Next the IR
remote sent a signal to IR sensor/LM393, and the
input was transmitted to the Arduino UNO, and it will
produce output, that is servo motor will start
rotating. Next the ultrasonic sensor will sense the
water level inside the tank, and it will send an input
to Arduino UNO to either to start the motor pump and
pump water inside the water tank or don’t start the
water pump.
Figure 3: Architecture Design for Greenhouse Plant
Watering System
In figure 3, it has shown the raw idea of the project
on how the working mechanism of the system. The
working mechanism is, the IR sensor/LM393 will be
put on servo motor to capture the signal that being
sent from the IR remote. The servo motor will
instantly work when the IR remote has been pressed
allowing the water from water tank go through and
watering the plant. In this figure also include the
mechanism on how the water tank will be filled with
water. The water tank will be put on ultrasonic
sensor at the top of water tank to identify the water
level inside the tank. The motor pump will
simultaneously work when the water level become
lower than the limit water level.
VI. RESULT & DISSCUSION
Figure 4: Circuit simulation on the tinkercad
In the figure 4, it has shown that I have use the
tinkercad application to simulate the project that
have finish. In the figure I have organize the position
of every component to make the circuit work
properly. The component that I have use in the
project is buzzer, motor, ultrasonic sensor, servo
motor, Arduino UNO, IR sensor/LM393, H-bridge
motor driver, resistor, LED and IR remote.
Figure 5: Circuit Simulation when the servo motor
rotates clockwise
In this Figure 5, the IR remote button have been
pressed. It will send infrared signal to the IR
sensor/LM393. Their sensor/LM393 will captured
the signal and turn it into a digital signal. The IR
sensor will send the digital code FD8877 into the pin
7 Arduino. Then Arduino will process the digital
signal with the coding that have been coded inside
the Arduino. After that the Arduino will sent an
output to pin 7 and start rotating the servo motor.
After the servo motor have rotate until its limit. It will
stop rotating and wait for the user to click the remote
button to make the servo motor rotating
anticlockwise.

Figure 6: Schematic Diagram for Greenhouse Plant
Watering System
VII. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
The Greenhouse Plant Watering System project can
be improved in many ways. For example, by applying
the concept of Internet of Thinks (IoT) into the
project. This IoT concept can improve the use of how
to control the water when watering the plant. Next
this project also can be improved in the aspects of
component, for example, use a sensor that can
capture signal from a long distance. It will make the
farmers become more easier at their work.
VIII. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, from this project I hope that this
project can improve the agriculture community
because it will lessen the burden of farmers for 50%.
I also confident my project in the future will make the
productivity of plant increase for 35% due to the
effectiveness of the system in providing water. With
this project it could help the farmer to produce a
high-quality plant. Finally, I’m sure this project will
give a lot of benefit to the agriculture community in
the future.
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