Desenvolvimento de um sistema de monitoramento e irrigação automatizada para cultivo protegido

Abstract

Protected cultivation is a technology that has been presenting gradual growth in recent years. Allied to the demand and demands of the consumer market, its use ensures a re- duction in the cycle of cultivated species, higher quality, when compared to conventional cultivation and consequently greater profitability for the producer. However, it presents operating difficulties with manually used equipment that measures meteorological variables such as temperature and humidity, causing errors and losses to the proper functioning of the system. Thus, this study proposes the development of a low-cost sensor that controls temperature and humidity variables, as well as irrigation time. The experiment was conducted remotely and then installed and executed in a rural property located in Caverá, in the city of Alegrete/RS.