Rede de sensores sem fio aplicada à agricultura para geração de mapas temáticos

Abstract

Agriculture, in addition to being essential for human existence, is an important sector of the Brazilian and world economy. As well as other sectors, demand the use of new technologies. Nonetheless, the presence of technological barriers is notorious, especially with regard to infrastructure networks and innovative technologies in the field, so that agricultural automation is even more effective. Faced with this situation and proposing to minimize such technological barriers, the present objective work to implement communication for clean wireless sensor networks (WSN) to machine-to machine (M2M) communication in agricultural settings in the northern mesoregion of Santa Catarina, in order to generate thematic maps through the free AgDataBox software. Thematic maps in the context of precision agriculture (PA) are a widely used resource for understanding the spatial variability of environmental attributes and soil in cultivation areas. Thus bringing important subsidies to help with decision-making, and carrying out smarter management for farmers, which leads to increased productivity and reduced environmental damage. The tests carried out to collect and transmit data to generate thematic maps were carried out using ZigBee technology through tree topology. It is concluded that there is no requirement for high data accuracy, as the technologies used meet agricultural scenarios. Only being requested to use another sensor to obtain data regarding altitude.