Irrigation automatic

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL ENGINEERING
AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM
BY
USANASE BARAKA
17/625/BSEE-S
SUPERVISOR: MR. APOLLO OCHIENG
A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL ENGINEERING OF
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA- (IUEA)
AUGUST, 2018

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Declaration
I hereby declare that the work that is being reported hereof was done by me and I have never
presented it anywhere else for any award whatsoever. Whatever is presented here is out if my
research and efforts and any journal, textbook, website referred to has been clearly sited. I
therefore declare this report authentic and ready for examination as one of the requirements for
the award of Bachelor of Electrical and Control Engineering of International University of East
Africa.
Signature: ……………………….. Date: …………………………
USANASE BARAKA

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Approval
Prior to submission, this document has been presented to and reviewed by my project supervisor.
By signing here, the the following certify that the project under the title Automatic Irrigation System
has been done by Usanase Baraka under their supervision and is now ready for examination
Signature: ……………………….. Date …………………………
Mr. Apollo Ocheng
Supervisor
Signature: …………………………… Date……………………………
Professor Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud
Dean, faculty of Engineering

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Acknowledgement
I thank GOD who continues to give me strength to live and to meet achievements like this. I would like
to express great gratitude to my supervisor Mr. Apollo Ocheng for his continued advice through
the course of this project. His pieces of advice have been a stepping stone to the success of the
project. I also appreciate the advice offered by my lecturer Mr. Awali Musitwa regarding
electronics.
The dean of the faculty of engineering, Professor Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud, deserves much
appreciation for he has kept the faculty in order and this has helped me in acquiring the
knowledge and skills that I used in working on the project.
I also acknowledge the support and advise of my friends and classmates, especially Nshuti
Tevin, Mahad M. Ashafa, among others. May God reward them all abundantly.
Finally but very importantly, I would also like to thank a lot my parents who helped me
financially and encourage me through the course. Their support has been the backbone of my
course and may God pay them countlessly.

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Abstract
The entitled Automatic irrigation system which involved the design and making of a small cheap
system that automatically controls an irrigation pump depending on the moisture content and the
real time. An automatic irrigation system was developed to optimize water use for agricultural
crops while ensuring availability of the necessary water in the soil, depending on the crop in the
garden. A soil moisture sensor has been used to detect the water content in the soil and a Real
Time Clock has been used to keep track of the real time even when power leaves. The system
use a microcontroller as the processor and this is what cordinates the rest of the components.
This report presents and discusses the details of the system as well as the tasks that were
undertaken to come up with the system, including a brief introduction to the project, review of
literature, system design among others.