A smart system based on wireless sensor network for monitoring and controlling mushroom growing conditions

Abstract

The word mushroom may mean different things to different people in different countries. Mushrooms can be used as food, tonics, medicines, cosmeceuticals, and as natural biocontrol agents in plant protection with insecticidal, fungicidal, bactericidal, herbicidal, and nematocidal activities. Plant growth is affected by various factors. The most important factors for the quality and productivity of plant growth are temperature, humidity and light. This research presents the design and implementation of a smart system based on the wireless sensor network for monitoring and controlling mushroom growing conditions for farmers. The system contains five main units; namely sensing, transmission, decision making, controlling and monitoring. The system contains two main unit named as transceiver unit and receiver unit. The humidity sensor, temperature sensor and soil moisture sensor measure current environment condition and send the sensed value to the receiver unit using ZigBee. Then the ZigBee module which contains in the receiver unit receive the sensed value and gives to the Arduino board. Then Arduino board compares sensed value with pre-set value and ON or OFF pump, fan and heater automatically as well as send the SMS to farmer’s mobile phone using Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) module. Therefore, farmer is able to monitor the mushroom cultivation room in remotely instead visiting the mushroom cultivation room and can save time and labor which is needed to cultivate mushrooms.