Chapter 6. Building an Irrigation System

Now that you have your Intel® IoT Developer Kit image built and ready to be used, let's start building some more interesting projects.

One of the fields which is expected to suffer a great and positive impact with IoT is the farming industry. With the rise of the world's population and therefore, the greater food demands, farmers will have to search for new methods to increase their productivity. The Internet of Things can bring more precision and input to help automate all the agricultural operations. It can optimize the crop yields by providing real-time data, allowing farmers to easily identify issues in the fields at an early stage. In between many more applications, it can help them with pest control or even assist in the plantation growing process with automated systems such as irrigation.

In this context, you'll learn how to use sensor's inputs to help you in monitoring and watering your own house plants. We...