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A prototype wireless sensor network for measuring soil and environmental characteristics was developed and evaluated for purposes of scheduling irrigation on field vegetable farms. The system consists of a central base station connected to multiple sensor nodes installed in the field and distributed over several crops. The sensor nodes consist of specially designed hardware which transmits data to a base station inside the farm offices. The relatively low cost of the system (USD 6000 for a 20-sensor node system) allows for installation of a dense sensor population that can adequately represent inherent soil characteristics such us temperature, volumetric moisture content, salinity and so on. Additional sensors can be used to measure environmental variables and the quality of the water used to irrigate the crops. This paper describes our experience during the design and implementation of the wireless sensor network and its components in a field crop of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var Marathon) in the semiarid region of Campo de Cartagena in Southern Spain. It presents the topology of the network, which was deployed using three types of sensor nodes (Soil-Mote, Environmental-Mote and Water-Mote).
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López, J.A., Soto, F., Iborra, A., Sánchez, P., Suardíaz, J. (2010). Design and Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Horticulture. In: Komninos, N. (eds) Sensor Applications, Experimentation, and Logistics. Sensappeal 2009. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11870-8_3
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