Low-cost system of automatic water level recorder tools based on microcontroller Arduino

Abstract

Technological innovation in agriculture has recently been changed to the newest technology, such as innovation in irrigation systems widely used for the dry season. High cost of the tools for developing the system for automatic water level recorded being the main problem in integrating the system in irrigation. Previous research stated that the main problem was difficulty detecting water flow integrated into the irrigation system. This research aims to develop innovative technology in the reservoir using microcontrollers in real-time observation in Ponjong’s reservoir. This research discovered that the most significant discharge from the outlet was 0.0867 m3/second. In addition, the microcontroller Atmega-328 and the ultrasonic-HCSR04 have been successfully installed and working correctly and functionally as a sender and receiver of data that could be applied as an automatic water level record used to measure the water level.