ABSTRACT

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Some gardeners still struggle to manually water their plants, preventing them from drying out and dying. Due to the inadequate water supply, plants do not grow and die as a result of soil drying. Watering plants is a labor-intensive job in day-to- day greenhouses. Knowing when and how-to water is an important aspect of watering the soil. The gardener needs an automatic plant watering system. This study aims to design and develop an automatic plant watering system using an Arduino device to provide an efficient and effective plant watering system that will help farmers increase plant production. To ease some problems for gardeners and farmers in growing their plants, the Arduino device ATmega328 Microcontroller detects and senses the soil conditions and moisture level and supplies the water plant if required. The microcontroller coded the water of plants when detecting the dryness of the soil. A qualitative and quantitative data analysis using a Chi-squared test to determine the deviation in one or more categories resulted in a 0.05% mean of 3.09 as perceived by 100 gardeners and farmers as a “significant” hypothesis. The V-model method iterates the agility process of the system designed in terms of phases. Five (5) IT experts validated and evaluated the system test capability and reliability result the mean of 2.96, interpreted as “Average”. The findings of series hardware system calibration test during the incubation and evaluation, the coefficient of stability (0-1) for the qualitative data resulted 85%, interpret as “Good Reliability” in functionalities, IPO, and detection. It concludes that research studies on the technology, particularly in Automatic Plant Watering System using Arduino Detection: Web Application meets the standard and significantly perceived the efficiency and effectiveness acquired an overall mean of 5.0, interpreted as “Very Satisfactory.” Recommending for the implementation

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