Telemetry System for Smart Agriculture

The use of telemetry systems in SMART agriculture is an innovative approach which consists in the implementation of an information system able to provide data on irrigation parameters throughout a year, also taking into consideration other meteorological parameters. The need for a telemetry system for irrigation is emphasized by the market’s interest in having access to fully automated monitoring and automation solutions for energy efficient and cost-effective agricultural crops. This paper aims to present a telemetry system for monitoring crops with an improved architecture from the point of view of very low energy consumption, low management costs, scalability, forecasting functions, and diagnosis. IoT devices are needed in the agriculture sector to monitor plant growth. This paper also brings to attention an analysis performed with an embedded implemented system. Measured data (collected using ADCON station) include air temperatures; relative humidity and soil temperature. These data are visualized and accessed on the IoT platform using an Internet connection. The ADCON station transmits data from the crop area where it is installed.