Electronic Flashboard Design for Irrigation System

In farming practices, one factor considered to be a problem is the way of water allocation on the designated farm areas. Applying conventional distribution of water through the use of improvised traps or flashboard such as steel roofs, plywood, and other materials which result to increase in water level is one factor that affects farming performance especially in yielding crops. Irrigation system in Philippines society lacks improvement wherein automation will help and trigger the same problems that have been encountered for the past few years. The project study focuses on the automation and electronic process of the flashboard. Through this prototype farmers are able to lessen their time in distribution of water on their land areas, unlike on the traditional trap they use for several years such as roofs, stones and other scrap materials to prevent the water leakage that cause the water to increase. The prototype includes Global System Messaging (GSM) for receiving and sending messages, microcontroller consider as the brain of the system and DC motor that guided the rotation or the movement of the flashboard, and a series of sensors. Electronic Flashboard testing has turn out to be successful especially in terms of accuracy. The flashboard move easily after sending messages through GSM. Most of the respondents agreed that the prototype functionality, effectiveness and reliability will probably be suited for public use particularly to farmers. The following respondents are the prior farmer