Uma ferramenta educativa para o cultivo de plantas utilizando internet das coisas

Abstract

Regarded as a digital revolution, the Internet of Things consists of connecting everyday objects to the internet. This advent makes it possible to monitor any situation through data collection, made possible by the use of sensors positioned in strategic locations, and it can also allow decision making, through actuators that will act in the environment. In this work, it will be shown the development of a system in which it is possible to monitor the soil moisture of a plant in real time through a mobile application and configure to water it automatically or manually. The aimof this work is to provide an educational and technological tool to develop in both children and adults the perception of when a plant needs water or not, helping individuals to better understand how the world around them works and encouraging the practice of sustainability, taking into account the importance of growing plants on the planet and saving water, a scarce resource already in some places. In addition, it is also desired to verify in this work if the developed system keeps the plant in acceptable soil moisture, also managing the water resource.