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Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone

This study attempts to develop a soil moisture measurement system with a monopole antenna sensor, mini-VNA Tiny and a mobile phone respectively. The mini-VNA Tiny is a compact vector network analyzer (VNA) with a USB connection to a smartphone or a tablet. There are 17 sets of data which have been c...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Qiwei, Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz, Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad, Obays, Susan Jabbar, Abbas, Zulkifly
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70604/1/09%20JST%28S%29-0481-2019.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.706042019-08-20T00:49:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70604/ Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone Zhang, Qiwei Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad Obays, Susan Jabbar Abbas, Zulkifly This study attempts to develop a soil moisture measurement system with a monopole antenna sensor, mini-VNA Tiny and a mobile phone respectively. The mini-VNA Tiny is a compact vector network analyzer (VNA) with a USB connection to a smartphone or a tablet. There are 17 sets of data which have been collected from 15 different spots with varying soil moisture content. The actual moisture content on site was collected from TRIME-PICO 64/32 sensor. Upon collection, it was necessary to calibrate the resistance obtained from the mini-VNA between 1 MHz and 3 GHz. The data obtained from the study shows that the resonances of the antenna resistance shift to the left on the frequency spectrum as moisture content increases. A linear model relating the resistance and actual moisture content was developed from this study with coefficient of determination (R2) value of 0.723 at 13 MHz. This value is much less than the anticipated R2 = 0.95 for accurate measurement of soil moisture with monopole antenna at microwave frequency. This could be due to the 0.60 cm thickness of the monopole antenna which may not be suited for soil moisture measurement. Nonetheless, this study demonstrates the potential application of an inexpensive and portable mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone system for sensing applications. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70604/1/09%20JST%28S%29-0481-2019.pdf Zhang, Qiwei and Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz and Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad and Obays, Susan Jabbar and Abbas, Zulkifly (2019) Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 27 (3). pp. 1121-1129. ISSN 0128-7680; ESSN: 2231-8526 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2027%20(3)%20Jul.%202019/09%20JST(S)-0481-2019.pdf
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description This study attempts to develop a soil moisture measurement system with a monopole antenna sensor, mini-VNA Tiny and a mobile phone respectively. The mini-VNA Tiny is a compact vector network analyzer (VNA) with a USB connection to a smartphone or a tablet. There are 17 sets of data which have been collected from 15 different spots with varying soil moisture content. The actual moisture content on site was collected from TRIME-PICO 64/32 sensor. Upon collection, it was necessary to calibrate the resistance obtained from the mini-VNA between 1 MHz and 3 GHz. The data obtained from the study shows that the resonances of the antenna resistance shift to the left on the frequency spectrum as moisture content increases. A linear model relating the resistance and actual moisture content was developed from this study with coefficient of determination (R2) value of 0.723 at 13 MHz. This value is much less than the anticipated R2 = 0.95 for accurate measurement of soil moisture with monopole antenna at microwave frequency. This could be due to the 0.60 cm thickness of the monopole antenna which may not be suited for soil moisture measurement. Nonetheless, this study demonstrates the potential application of an inexpensive and portable mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone system for sensing applications.
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author Zhang, Qiwei
Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz
Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad
Obays, Susan Jabbar
Abbas, Zulkifly
spellingShingle Zhang, Qiwei
Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz
Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad
Obays, Susan Jabbar
Abbas, Zulkifly
Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
author_facet Zhang, Qiwei
Zainuddin, Mohamad Faiz
Ahmad, Ahmad Fahad
Obays, Susan Jabbar
Abbas, Zulkifly
author_sort Zhang, Qiwei
title Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
title_short Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
title_full Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
title_fullStr Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
title_full_unstemmed Development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-VNA Tiny and smartphone
title_sort development of an affordable soil moisture sensor system with mini-vna tiny and smartphone
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70604/1/09%20JST%28S%29-0481-2019.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70604/
http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2027%20(3)%20Jul.%202019/09%20JST(S)-0481-2019.pdf
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