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Development of economical microcontroller-based soil moisture sensor using time domain reflectometry
Sulthoni M.A.a, Anugrah B.P.a, Wicaksono N.A.a
a School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2016 IEEE.Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) is a proven and popular measurement principle for evaluating frequency-dependent electric and dielectric properties of various materials including soil. However, the high price for TDR measurement equipment and complex laboratory setups is often a limiting factor for cost-sensitive applications such as in farming. This paper reports on the development of a low cost soil moisture sensor based on TDR. Equivalent time sampling was utilized to extent measurement frequency range. The developed sensor system is based on ARM Cortex M-4 microcontroller which working on a 25-KHz signal and virtual sampling resolution within 5 ns. While implemented using relatively cheap microcontroller, special approaches are used to eliminate systematic error, so that the sensor system had good accuracy in measurement range 0-100% Rh, error 3,49% and measurement time around 2,5 minutes.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Cost-sensitive applications,Electric and dielectric properties,Equivalent-time samplings,Measurement equipment,Measurement frequency,Microcontroller-based,Soil moisture sensors,Time domain reflectometry[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]equivalent time sampling,soil moisture sensor,time-domain reflectometry (TDR)[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1109/ISESD.2016.7886748[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]