Environmental Parameter Analysis and Control Using Multipoint Wireless Sensor Network

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology is becoming increasingly popular, particularly as applied to a variety of monitoring and tracking applications. Recent developments and advances in both information processing and wireless sensor technologies have provided environmental management systems with capabilities of real-time remote location monitoring. WSN enables monitoring and management of a large set of environmental data including climatic, atmospheric, plant and soil parameters that influence cropland growing environments. Real-time sensor data collection is used for accurate illustrations of current conditions while forecasting future conditions and risks. The real time information from the fields can provide a solid base for farmers to adjust strategies at any time. Instead of making decisions based in some hypothetical average condition, which may not exist anywhere in the reality, a precision farming approach recognizes differences and adjusts management actions accordingly. The prototype sensor network was built on Arduino open source hardware with a seamlessly integrated ZigBee RF module and configured to operate within the ZigBee mesh network standard. This paper provides the implementation of monitoring and controlling of temperature, humidity and flammable gas using ZigBee.