Prototype Greenhouse Environment Monitoring System

Greenhouse environment, used to grow plants under controlled climatic conditions for efficient production, forms an important part of the agriculture and horticulture sectors. Subsequently, environment monitoring system (EMS) has become a necessity of a green house plant for optimum growth, efficient water usage, improved yields, and better utilization of the resources. Many researchers have been making attempts to develop the green house EMS. The existing EMSs are bulky, very costly, difficult to maintain and less appreciated by the technologically less skilled work-force. In the present work an attempt has been made to devise a DSP processor based EMS to real time monitor the climatic parameters which, directly or indirectly, have a vital say in the growth of the greenhouse plant. The developed system is simple, cost effective, and easily installable. The parameters which are being real time monitor and recorded (for further analysis and usage) are temperature, humidity, soil moisture contents, illumination and CO2 concentration.