Designing and Development of PIC 18F4550 based Wireless Natural Light Intensity Control System for Polyhouse for Agricultural Applications

Abstract

The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a powerful technology for exchange information cooperatively for monitoring as well as controlling the various physical parameters of different sectors like industries, agricultural, medical etc. The WSN composed of tiny remote terminal units widely known as nodes, carried out various functions like sensing, processing, standardization and transmission of the same signal to the coordinator or actuator unit through typical protocol. Nowadays, the agriculturalists are interesting to adopt advance technologies for cultivation of the crops in county like India. The advances like drip irrigation, polyhouse, etc. To control the polyhouse environment, the sophisticated instrument is necessary. To cater the need of society we developed the Wireless Sensor Network based on embedded technology for monitoring of temperature and controlling of nature light intensity of the polyhouse. For this purpose, sensor and actuator nodes are developed about PIC18F4550 microcontroller and ZigBee device. The Wireless Sensor Network is established using developed sensor and actuator nodes for dedicated application. On investigation, it is found that the system works successfully with accuracy and reliability.