Solar Powered Garden Guard

DESSAZG541 : PROJECT WORK

by

MAHESH SHIMOGA NAGARAJA 2016SA30026

ANOOP G 2016SA30012
BEN RICHARDS C 2016SA30009
VIVEK V 2016SA30042

Submitted in partial fulfillment of M.Tech Design Engineering

Under the Supervision of

VEN HOLKERE

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

PILANI (RAJASTHAN)

April 2017
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 DESSAZG541 : PROJECT WORK

SOLAR POWERED GARDEN GUARD

ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: DESIGN A DEVICE WHICH IS SOLAR POWERED AND SERVES MULTIPLE
FUNCTIONS OF AUTO GARDENING, SENSING PROHIBITED ENTRY BY HUMANS OR
ANIMALS AND ALSO AUTO GLOW THE GARDEN IN EVENING

The design of a device is expected to comprise of below major subsystems:

1. Structure
2. Solar panel & LED light with chargeable source/battery
3. Humidity hygrometer or soil moisture module with dual output for feedback
4. Infrared motion sensor with alarm system.

1. STRUCTURE

The structure of a member serves the prime function of facilitating easy mounting at
desired location (Modular) in garden with provisions like ground spikes etc. It also is
expected to have provision to mount the IR sensors, LED lights & Solar panel assembly
and adjustable vertical mount for humidity hygrometer/soil moisture module.
The durability, ease of fabrication and cost are the factors driving the structure material
selection.

2. SOLAR PANEL & LED LIGHT WITH CHARGEABLE SOURCE/BATTERY

The design is expected to be modular and easy to mount. Also design is expected to
ensure energy-efficiency, water proof and low-maintenance factor. The solar panel
converts sunlight during the day time and recharge the battery. At night the light turn on
automatically. The independently operating lights is expected to have an average run time
of 7 to 10 hours and also battery have additional MaH to power up the other auxiliary
units.

Charge Battery: NI-MH 5V 2000-4000 MaH (600-800 MaH for light and rest
for auxiliary units)
Sensor: Automatic sensor based activation at dusk
Structure Stainless steel
See through components: Plastic Safe and waterproof
Diameter: 5.0- 6.00 cm
LED: White
LED Type 15000MCD-17000MCD
3. HUMIDITY HYGROMETER OR SOIL MOISTURE MODULE
Humidity hygrometer or soil moisture module is an instrument sensitive to the ambient
humidity and is generally used to detect the moisture content of the soil. The device is
expected to monitor the humidity level of soil round the clock. When the humidity drops
below the set range, hygrometer triggers a feedback to pump control which in turn will
switch on the motor and drip irrigate the garden.

The structure comes with vertical slider and lock option to adjust soil moisture module to
specific height based on soil level for precise measurement.

Power source: From LED assembly storage battery, 800 maH is expected capacity
for this system.

Working voltage ranges: 3.3 V to 5 V

Humidity measurement rang: 20 percent -95 percent.

Humidity measurement error: +/- 5%

There will be module switch to activate or deactivate this system per user disposition.

INFRARED MOTION SENSOR WITH ALARM SYSTEM

The sensor on one garden guard along with other garden guard forms a closed loop and
sense any movements of human, cattle, dogs etc. It is powered by the storage battery in
LED assembly and is selected to sense the IR range (Human 3m, Cattle 4 to 30m).
The sensor feeds the input to alarm system and triggers a buzzer when prohibited entry is
seen. There will be module switch to activate or deactivate the system per user
disposition.
Preliminary layout - Concept