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OUR APPROACH

EE 1.3 – Actively Conserve Water

Sponsored by SENSCO Solutions��

Created by:� Matthew Deleon, Jordan Bice, Million Desta, Ryan Samuel�

Ingram School of Engineering�Texas State University�

AcknowledgementsOurfacultymentors:MichelleLondaPhD.andWilliamStapletonPhD.

EveryoneatSENSCO:TomDickey,RatheeshRajan

Themainobjec-veistoconservewatersowhentheclouddetectsunnecessaryornecessarywaterusage,acontrolvalvecanbeswitchedopenorclosedbycloudcommand.PrototypeConstruc-on•  TwoZonesprinklercoveragebranches•  SensorHubs(Sensors,ProcessingBoard,LocalWirelessnetwork

component)•  Packetforma-onanddatatocentralprocessingunittransfer•  SolenoidsforwatercontrolGateway(CentralProcessingUnit)•  Sensordatatocloudtransfer•  Wi-Fiaccess•  SolenoidControllerCloud•  Blobcontainmentfordatastorage•  Virtualmachinefordatadisplays•  Programfordataanalysis•  Solenoidcontrollogic

GOALS Finalgoals•  CloudStorage•  CloudControl

•  Automated•  Manual

•  DataDisplay•  RealTime

CloudDisplay•  SystemState

Display

Stretchgoals•  AudioAnalysis•  Weatherdatabase

incorpora-on•  ExtraUserInterfaces

•  Website•  Mobile

•  AgriculturalDatabase

HARDWARE Sensors•  ArduinoKT-015Temperatureandhumiditysensor•  ArduinoKY-038Sensi-vemicrophonesensor•  ArduinoYF-S201WaterFlowSensor•  ArduinoSoilHygrometerHumidityDetec-onSoil

MoistureWaterSensorLocalWirelessNetwork•  XbeeVersion2SensorhubProcessor•  ArduinoZeroGatewayAccessProcessor•  RaspberryPi3WaterControl•  SolenoidValve

TEAM MEMBERS

Ryan Samuel

Jordan Bice Matthew Deleon

Million Desta

Beingoneofthemostimportantsubstancesonearth,itisimportantthatwaterisconserved.Unnecessarywaterusageinresiden-alirriga-onsystemscanwasteadevasta-ngamountoffreshwater.Theul-mategoalispreven-ngunnecessarywaterloss.•  SENSCOisastartupdevotedtoleavingtheworldbe^erthanwe

founditbytacklingimportantsocialissuessuchaswaterconserva-on.

•  AccordingtotheEPA,householdsintheU.S.consumeatotalof29billiongallonsofwater.

•  Homeownersuseabout30-60%oftheirwateroutdoors.•  50%ofthiswateriswastedduetooverwatering.•  Dependingontheareathiscouldbeamounttoaround25$amonth.

CONSTRAINTS •  Rangeofsensornetworkislimitedbywirelesscommunica-on

technology.•  Lowerfrequenciesforhigherrange.•  Dataratescanbelow.

•  Ba^erylifeforwirelessmodules.•  Ini-atesleepmodewhenpossible.•  Mul--yearba^erylife

•  Usermustbeabletoinstallintheiryard.•  RequiresinternetaccessrouterforWiFi.•  Asuserbaseincreases,largeramountsofcloudbaseddatastorage

arerequired.

FUTURE (EXPANSION) •  Incorporatelargeagriculturaldatabasestogeneratespecificwatering

schedulesformanytypesofgrasses,treesandothergardenplants.•  Expandsystemtoworkinagricultureandmunicipali-es.•  U-lizemacro-nutrientsoilanalysishardware.•  Installinlineliquidfer-lizersandautomatelawnandgarden

fer-liza-on.

INTERFACE

SOFTWARE

•  MicrosofAzureCloud•  VirtualMachine•  Windows10IoTCore•  XCTU•  ArduinoIDE

USER INTERFACE SystemStateInterfaceValvecontrol•  Ac-ve/Inac-veDataCollec-on•  Sampling/Notsampling

BrowserinterfaceRealTimeDataDisplay•  MonitoringsensorsDataCollec-on•  Previousdataofwatering

cycles

ACTION CRITERIA MARKET Thebusinessteamsurveyed64peoplewiththemajorityoftheminthe30-49yearrangemaking$150k+annually.Ofthepar-cipants:•  Themajorityliveinahomeandpropertysizevaries.•  69.1%claimthatwaterconserva-onisveryimportantandtryto

implementchangesintheirbehaviortoaidwithwaterconserva-on.

•  21.1%saytheyareconcernedbutcan’tdoanythingaboutit.•  Themajoritymaintainedtheirownyards(62.9%)andweremostly

male(65.7%).•  34claimtohaveanirriga-onsystem,55%saythatitwaters

specificzonesand37%saymonitorswaterusage.29.6%alsoclaimitmonitorsweathercondi-ons.

•  Thetrendforapossiblecostseemstobealongthe$1,000-$5,000range,withquiteafewpeoplesayingtheywouldpay$500.

•  Theagerangeof30-60+seemedtobethemostlikelycustomers. Measurement Purpose GreenLight Analysis AcLonSensors Temperatureandhumidity

Fahrenheit/CelsiusandRH%

DataGenerator

Between32-70F Watering ON/OFF

SoilMoisture Conduc-vity Data

Generator Belowdry Watering ON/OFF

Sensi-vemicrophone AudioFrequency

SystemMonitor n/a Lengthof

watering Display

FlowRate PressureandVolumedifferen-al

SystemMonitor n/a Amountof

watering Display

Weather

Forecast Temp/Rainlikelihood Monitor Below60%

ChanceTimeofweekto

water ON/OFF

Direct Competitor

Weather Certification Mobile app Price

Rachio Yes Water sense Control and monitor

$200-$250

Rain Machine Yes Water sense Control and monitor

$160_$270

Blossom Yes None Control and monitor

$99-$150

Blue Spray Yes None Control and monitor

$249

WATER CONSERVATION