Work Completed during this Week

  • Web Interface prototype, for the Raspberry-Pi

Deploying a Raspberry-Pi prototype in the field

I need to conduct a feasibility study before moving on to the implementation.

  • Enclosure for the Raspberry-Pi to protect it when deployed outdoors on agricultural fields (i.e. bad weather, physical shock…).
  • Find a way to power the Raspberry-Pi device efficiently in the field. ( Portable battery pack ? Solar Power ? )
  • Meeting with experts from the agriculture department
    • What irrigation systems (i.e. pumps, actuators…) should I expect the Smart Irrigation Controller to interact with ? Is it possible to design a universal system which is compatible with all common irrigation systems (both hardware/software) ?

Code Review

We must agree on a time to conduct a code review for the Raspberry-Pi scripts and web interface, and also the Mobile application.

Post-Meeting Decisions

  • Add a map to the web interface, so the user can see his field(s).
  • Add a registration process to the S.I.C. web interface
  • Set-up a lightweight web-server to host the web irrigation interface on the Raspberry-Pi
  • Re-discuss the irrigation control methods, and how we should approach a manual/automatic scheduling.