Design and implementation of internet of things (IoT) based scheme for testing loamy soil

Akeem Raji; Joseph Orimolade; Ibrahim Ewetola

Makale detayları

Design and implementation of internet of things (IoT) based scheme for testing loamy soil

Yazarlar:

Akeem Raji | Joseph Orimolade | Ibrahim Ewetola

Yayıncı:

Murat YAKAR

Ana Başlıklar:

Circuits and Systems | Electrical Circuits and Systems

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Engineering Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.323-333

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339344

pISSN:

2587-1366

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Soil plays a vital role in crop production. It is therefore essential for farmers to have handy information on the quality of the soil to be cultivated. In Nigeria and many third world countries, traditional method that is based on subjective evaluation is used, where farmers utilize their past experience to adjudge the quality of the soil. This approach is ineffective and time consuming. This work presents Internet of Things IoT based scheme that provides farmers with real time data or information on the quality of the soil. The scheme includes IoT device that consists of NPK sensor, Dallas temperature sensor, NodeMCU ESP8266 and capacitive soil sensor which are utilized to collect data on nutrient, moisture and temperature of the soil. These data are sent to a mobile application that is developed using DART programming language and Hyper Text Markup Language HTML. The performance of the IoT scheme is assessed through field experiment where loamy soil samples taken from Agricultural Engineering garden, Electrical Engineering garden and open football school field of College of Engineering and Environmental Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun, Ogun State are used as candidates for testing. The results of the experiment reveal that the soil sample taken from Agricultural Engineering garden retains water 80 better than other soil samples and has the highest mineral Nitrogen, 39mgKg and Phosphorous, 16mgKg composition. Its potassium content 14mgKg is however at par with sample taken from the school field. In addition, it is observed that soil sample from the school field has higher temperature 26.63 oC than others. It is seen that the IoT scheme functions satisfactorily and demonstrates ability to test soil in a bid to help farmers in making right decision concerning optimal application of fertilizer for higher agricultural output.

 Soil plays a vital role in crop production. It is therefore essential for farmers to have handy information on the quality of the soil to be cultivated. In Nigeria and many third world countries, traditional method that is based on subjective evaluation is used, where farmers utilize their past experience to adjudge the quality of the soil. This approach is ineffective and time consuming. This work presents Internet of Things IoT based scheme that provides farmers with real time data or information on the quality of the soil. The scheme includes IoT device that consists of NPK sensor, Dallas temperature sensor, NodeMCU ESP8266 and capacitive soil sensor which are utilized to collect data on nutrient, moisture and temperature of the soil. These data are sent to a mobile application that is developed using DART programming language and Hyper Text Markup Language HTML. The performance of the IoT scheme is assessed through field experiment where loamy soil samples taken from Agricultural Engineering garden, Electrical Engineering garden and open football school field of College of Engineering and Environmental Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun, Ogun State are used as candidates for testing. The results of the experiment reveal that the soil sample taken from Agricultural Engineering garden retains water 80 better than other soil samples and has the highest mineral Nitrogen, 39mgKg and Phosphorous, 16mgKg composition. Its potassium content 14mgKg is however at par with sample taken from the school field. In addition, it is observed that soil sample from the school field has higher temperature 26.63 oC than others. It is seen that the IoT scheme functions satisfactorily and demonstrates ability to test soil in a bid to help farmers in making right decision concerning optimal application of fertilizer for higher agricultural output.

 Soil plays a vital role in crop production. It is therefore essential for farmers to have handy information on the quality of the soil to be cultivated. In Nigeria and many third world countries, traditional method that is based on subjective evaluation is used, where farmers utilize their past experience to adjudge the quality of the soil. This approach is ineffective and time consuming. This work presents Internet of Things IoT based scheme that provides farmers with real time data or information on the quality of the soil. The scheme includes IoT device that consists of NPK sensor, Dallas temperature sensor, NodeMCU ESP8266 and capacitive soil sensor which are utilized to collect data on nutrient, moisture and temperature of the soil. These data are sent to a mobile application that is developed using DART programming language and Hyper Text Markup Language HTML. The performance of the IoT scheme is assessed through field experiment where loamy soil samples taken from Agricultural Engineering garden, Electrical Engineering garden and open football school field of College of Engineering and Environmental Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun, Ogun State are used as candidates for testing. The results of the experiment reveal that the soil sample taken from Agricultural Engineering garden retains water 80 better than other soil samples and has the highest mineral Nitrogen, 39mgKg and Phosphorous, 16mgKg composition. Its potassium content 14mgKg is however at par with sample taken from the school field. In addition, it is observed that soil sample from the school field has higher temperature 26.63 oC than others. It is seen that the IoT scheme functions satisfactorily and demonstrates ability to test soil in a bid to help farmers in making right decision concerning optimal application of fertilizer for higher agricultural output.

 Soil plays a vital role in crop production. It is therefore essential for farmers to have handy information on the quality of the soil to be cultivated. In Nigeria and many third world countries, traditional method that is based on subjective evaluation is used, where farmers utilize their past experience to adjudge the quality of the soil. This approach is ineffective and time consuming. This work presents Internet of Things IoT based scheme that provides farmers with real time data or information on the quality of the soil. The scheme includes IoT device that consists of NPK sensor, Dallas temperature sensor, NodeMCU ESP8266 and capacitive soil sensor which are utilized to collect data on nutrient, moisture and temperature of the soil. These data are sent to a mobile application that is developed using DART programming language and Hyper Text Markup Language HTML. The performance of the IoT scheme is assessed through field experiment where loamy soil samples taken from Agricultural Engineering garden, Electrical Engineering garden and open football school field of College of Engineering and Environmental Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun, Ogun State are used as candidates for testing. The results of the experiment reveal that the soil sample taken from Agricultural Engineering garden retains water 80 better than other soil samples and has the highest mineral Nitrogen, 39mgKg and Phosphorous, 16mgKg composition. Its potassium content 14mgKg is however at par with sample taken from the school field. In addition, it is observed that soil sample from the school field has higher temperature 26.63 oC than others. It is seen that the IoT scheme functions satisfactorily and demonstrates ability to test soil in a bid to help farmers in making right decision concerning optimal application of fertilizer for higher agricultural output.

Makale detayları

Design and implementation of internet of things (IoT) based scheme for testing loamy soil

Yazarlar:

Akeem Raji | Joseph Orimolade | Ibrahim Ewetola

Yayıncı:

Murat YAKAR

Ana Başlıklar:

Circuits and Systems | Electrical Circuits and Systems

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Engineering Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.323-333

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339344

pISSN:

2587-1366

agriculture

internet of things

microcontroller

mobile application

moisture content

Sayı

Makale detayları

Design and implementation of internet of things (IoT) based scheme for testing loamy soil

Yazarlar: Akeem Raji | Joseph Orimolade | Ibrahim Ewetola

Yayıncı: Murat YAKAR

Ana Başlıklar: Circuits and Systems | Electrical Circuits and Systems

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Engineering Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.323-333

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001339344

pISSN: 2587-1366

agriculture

internet of things

microcontroller

mobile application

moisture content

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Akeem Raji | Joseph Orimolade | Ibrahim Ewetola

Yayıncı:

Murat YAKAR

Ana Başlıklar:

Circuits and Systems | Electrical Circuits and Systems

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Engineering Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.323-333

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339344

pISSN:

2587-1366