IoT Enabled Flow Measurement in Treadle Pump

Abstract

Treadle Pump is a foot-operated reciprocating pump, which is used for small farm land for irrigation. The output flow measurement of this pump is necessary to obtain good yield of crops. Because every crop has specific water requirement which must be satisfied to obtain good yield. There are many devices available in the market, which can be used for flow measuring, but they are so costly and has very limited functionality. Their output cannot be read remotely, and there is no way to save previous data for better control over irrigation. But with the advancement of technology advance devices can be used, which will not only measure flow accurately of the pump, but also enables user to monitor the output remotely and save required data for future use. In this work, Internet of Things is used to link a water flow measurement sensor using ESP8266 Wi-Fi module to the user’s smartphone.