Chapter 3

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

This chapter present the methodology used in the study, data sources,

research processes, instrumentation, and statistical analysis of the data

acquired.

Methodology

The researchers utilized developmental research methods. This approach

will be used to build the suggested technology, which will comprise conception,

planning, and design; material and equipment preparation; prototyping; testing;

and revision. The objective of this process was to present each stage of product

manufacturing and assembly (including planning and designing) as well as data

collection procedures (including testing, prototyping, and data analysis) in order

to arrive at an efficient design that the researchers formulated within the study's

parameters.

The core design of the project was to use an Arduino device that could

water the plants automatically, which would sense the humidity, temperature, and

moisture. The sensor measures soil moisture and sends the data and

parameters to the Arduino, which operates the pump according to (IRJET 2020);

and if the level of soil moisture drops below a certain value, the Arduino sends a

high signal to the relay module which then runs the water pump and certain

amount of water is delivered to the plant.

During development, the design idea not only meets the necessity of

automatically watering the plants, but it also keeps track of a number of other
environmental conditions. In order to offer empirical measures of how much

water was accessible or discharged, the students used a sensor to determine the

water level of the water source. (Elder 2018)

RESEARCH DESIGN

To design and fabricate the “AUTOMATED PLANT WATERING SYSTEM

UTILIZED BY ARDUINO”, The researchers created a Research Method

Workflow that outlined the step-by-step method as well as a systematic guide to

the processes involved in product creation and study execution. These steps

comprised Requirements and Constraints Assessment, Conceptualization and

Designing, Assembly, Testing, and Results Evaluation.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES

Throughout its implementation, the project made use of two key data

sources. First, the major source of data is the analysis of the findings obtained

after the testing and data gathering stages, during which the product was

submitted to a series of experimental set-ups to evaluate different parameters

mentioned in the objectives in Chapter 1. Second, there are secondary sources.

Data was gathered from books, journals, periodicals, magazines, theses, and the

internet, as well as unpublished sources mentioned and provided in Chapter 2 as

part of the relevant literature and research. By combining these two data

sources, the researchers would be able to determine the standard level of

acceptability in terms of functionality and effectivity of the product in line with the

research study’s objectives.

Dileep, Dhruthi, Nanditha & Deepthi (2020) Automatic Plant Watering

System using Arduino, https://www.irjet.net/archives/V7/i7/IRJET-V7I7724.pdf

Wijayakumar, Taek Lee , Cherian & Elder (2018) Automated Plant

Watering with Arduino, https://blog.robertelder.org/automated-plant-watering-

arduino/