An intelligent irrigation system based on wireless sensor network and fuzzy control

In order to resolve the problems which include loss of soil fertility and waste of water resource in agriculture production, we design an intelligent irrigation system based on wireless sensor networks and fuzzy control. The system mainly consists of wireless sensor networks and the monitoring center. All of the nodes in Monitoring area use solar power, collect the information of soil moisture, together with the growth information of different crops in different periods. Soil moisture content deviation and the rate of change of deviation are taken as input variables of fuzzy controller, and the fuzzy control regular database is established for the fuzzy irrigation control system. The monitoring center receives the data transmission from wireless sensor network node, and output information of irrigation water demands to the relay via a wireless sensor network to control opening and closing time of the valve in crop areas. The experimental results show that the system has a stable and reliable data transmission, which achieve real-time monitoring of soil on crop growth, give a right amount of irrigation based on crops growth information, which has broad application prospects. © 2013 ACADEMY PUBLISHER.