CEI343 Iot for Smart Agriculture Syllabus:
CEI343 Iot for Smart Agriculture Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
▪ To understand soil science and sensors used
▪ To study about functions of actuators for automation and control.
▪ To explain the role of telemetry system in agriculture
▪ To impart knowledge on plant heath
▪ To learn various technologies used in smart farming system.
UNIT – I INTRODUCTION TO SOIL SCIENCE AND SENSORS
Soil Science: Nature and origin of soil; soil minerals, classification and composition, soil reaction, soil properties including structure, pH, surface tension and soil nutrient. Sensors: Classification and characteristics, Smart sensors, Colorimetry based detection, MEMS Electrochemical Sensors, Dielectric Soil Moisture Sensors, Weather Sensors, Proximity Sensors, Electromagnetic Sensors, Optical Sensors, Mechanical Sensors, Airflow Sensors, Acoustic Sensors, Signal conditioning and converters.
UNIT -II ACTUATORS FOR AUTOMATION
A.C.-D.C. Motors, Stepper motor, Solenoid actuators, Piezoelectric motors, Electric drives, Hydraulic and Pneumatic actuators. IoT based Automated Irrigation System-IoT based Smart Irrigation.
UNIT – III TELEMETRY
Wireless communication modules and topology, Zig-bee, Bluetooth, LORA, RFID, Zero power devices, Energy Harvesting technology.
UNIT – IV PLANT HEALTH MONITORING
Measurement of leaf health, chlorophyll detection, ripeness level, crop mapping, fertilizing, Drone technology for soil field analysis and assistive operations.
UNIT – V TECHNOLOGIES FOR FARMING
Water quality monitoring, micro-irrigation system, solar pump and lighting system, Fencing, Android based automation, Agricultural Robots, Climate Conditions, Precise Farming(livestock monitoring, vehicle tracking, field observation and inventory monitoring), Smart Greenhouses, Agricultural Drones, Automatic watering system.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
SKILL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (Group Seminar/Mini Project/Assignment/ Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc)
1. Able to select and perform electrical/electronic measurement of meters and Instruments.
2. Educate in the principle of sensors and transducers for various smart agriculture applications.
3. Familiarize with different wireless communication modules like Zigbee, Bluetooth, wifi etc. and topology to generate and record the data.
4. Perform installation, configuration and check working of IoT devices, network, database, app and web services.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students able to
CO1 Express nature of soil science and the various sensors used. L2
CO2 Explain Sensors and actuators used for farming tools. L2
CO3 Analyse sensor data acquisition and telemetry system. L4
CO4 Understand plant anatomy and health monitoring system. L2
CO5 Design Advanced technologies for smart farming. L5
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Measurement Systems; Application and Design: Doeblin, D.O. McGraw Hill, 1984.
2. The nature and properties of Soils: Eurasia Publishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi Brady, Nyle C. (1988).
3. Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Precision Smart Farming 1st Edition: Annamaria Castrignano, Gabriele Buttafuoco, Raj Khosla, Abdul Mouazen, Dimitrios Moshou, Olivier Naud. Academic Press; 1st edition (January 28, 2020)
4. Cloud IoT Systems for Smart Agricultural Engineering: Saravanan Krishnan, J Bruce Ralphin Rose, N R Rajalakshmi, Narayanan Prasanth. Published February 14, 2022 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
REFERENCES:
1. Photo-voltaic energy systems: Design and Installation: Buresch, Mathew. 1983. McGrawHill Book Company, New York.
2. Brian Wahlin and Darell Zimbelman, Canal Automation for Irrigation Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014
3. Darell D.Zimbelman, Planning, Operation, Rehabilitation and Automation of Irrigation water delivery system, American Society of Agricultural Engineers,1987
4. Davcev, D., Mitreski, K., Trajkovic, S., Nikolovski, V., & Koteli, N. (2018, June). IoT agriculture system based on LoRaWAN. In 2018.
5. Farooq, M. S., Riaz, S., Abid, A., Abid, K., & Naeem, M. A.. A Survey on the Role of IoT in Agriculture for the Implementation of Smart Farming, 2019
6. Balaceanu, C. M., Marcu, I., & Suciu, G.. Telemetry system for smart agriculture, 2019.