Implementação de um dispositivo de baixo custo para determinação da umidade do solo e temperatura do ar

Abstract

Agriculture is the field that consumes approximately 70% of water resources in Brazil and worldwide. Presenting new strategies for intelligent and conscious water consumption becomes essential and adopting new technologies helps producers to control and increase agricultural productivity. Irrigation methods are one of the main artificial methods used for the application of water in agriculture. Technologies applied to irrigation systems make it easy for professionals in the field to acquire information regarding soil moisture or weather information. In Brazil, the equipment used in precision agriculture to solve problems in agricultural production has high costs, making it difficult for small farmers to purchase. In this sense, the objective of this work is to create a tool for reading values related to soil moisture and air temperature using low cost sensors in the market.