Current technological developments provide useful and easy-to-apply tools in automated management of irrigation systems. Automation has the main advantages of increasing the saving of resources such as investment, time and labor as well as improving the management of water resources. The research methodology was as follows: a) selection of the microcontroller, sensors, relay and communication module, b) calibration and validation of the sensors, c) integration of the programming codes, d) communication and development of the mobile application and e) irrigation system control and soil moisture monitoring. Analog and digital sensors were implemented to measure pressures, flow rates, soil moisture and water levels in the reservoir. The sensors were calibrated and validated, obtaining the R2 between 0.95-0.99 in the calibration indicating a high correlation between the physical and electric...

Current technological developments provide useful and easy-to-apply tools in automated management of irrigation systems. Automation has the main advantages of increasing the saving of resources such as investment, time and labor as well as improving the management of water resources. The research methodology was as follows: a) selection of the microcontroller, sensors, relay and communication module, b) calibration and validation of the sensors, c) integration of the programming codes, d) communication and development of the mobile application and e) irrigation system control and soil moisture monitoring. Analog and digital sensors were implemented to measure pressures, flow rates, soil moisture and water levels in the reservoir. The sensors were calibrated and validated, obtaining the R2 between 0.95-0.99 in the calibration indicating a high correlation between the physical and electric...

Current technological developments provide useful and easy-to-apply tools in automated management of irrigation systems. Automation has the main advantages of increasing the saving of resources such as investment, time and labor as well as improving the management of water resources. The research methodology was as follows: a) selection of the microcontroller, sensors, relay and communication module, b) calibration and validation of the sensors, c) integration of the programming codes, d) communication and development of the mobile application and e) irrigation system control and soil moisture monitoring. Analog and digital sensors were implemented to measure pressures, flow rates, soil moisture and water levels in the reservoir. The sensors were calibrated and validated, obtaining the R2 between 0.95-0.99 in the calibration indicating a high correlation between the physical and electric...

El trabajo de investigación tuvo como objetivo obtener los coeficientes de riego del césped americano, se evaluaron 1,0; 0,8; 0,6 y 0,4 de la evapotranspiración potencial para cada estación durante un año. Las variables climáticas fueron monitoreadas por una estación automática y se utilizó el riego por goteo subterráneo, no se presentó intrusión de las raíces en los laterales de riego. Para el monitoreo de la distribución de humedad se utilizaron sensores TDR, obteniéndose coeficientes de uniformidad entre el 90 a 92 %. El monitoreo de la humedad en el tiempo y el estado energético se realizó mediante sensores FDR y curvas pF. La calidad visual fue evaluada mediante el color, uniformidad y cobertura, esta última apoyada en imágenes digitales. Se ensayaron diferentes coeficientes de riego para cada estación. Finalmente se seleccionaron los coeficientes que permitieron...

Current technological developments provide useful and easy-to-apply tools in automated management of irrigation systems. Automation has the main advantages of increasing the saving of resources such as investment, time and labor as well as improving the management of water resources. The research methodology was as follows: a) selection of the microcontroller, sensors, relay and communication module, b) calibration and validation of the sensors, c) integration of the programming codes, d) communication and development of the mobile application and e) irrigation system control and soil moisture monitoring. Analog and digital sensors were implemented to measure pressures, flow rates, soil moisture and water levels in the reservoir. The sensors were calibrated and validated, obtaining the R2 between 0.95-0.99 in the calibration indicating a high correlation between the physical and electric...