DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART GREENHOUSE
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
OF
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
BY
AYBIKE SIM¸ SEK¸ DILBAZ
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
SEPTEMBER 2017
Approval of the thesis:
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART GREENHOUSE
submitted by AYBIKE SIM¸ SEK¸ DILBAZ in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Engineering Department, Middle
East Technical University by,
Prof. Dr. Gülbin Dural Ünver
Dean, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Adnan Yazıcı
Head of Department, Computer Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertan Onur
Supervisor, Computer Engineering Department, METU
Examining Committee Members:
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Co¸sar
Computer Engineering Department, METU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertan Onur
Computer Engineering Department, METU
Prof. Dr. O. Ayhan Erdem
Computer Engineering Department, Gazi University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Karagöz
Computer Engineering Department, METU
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Polat
Computer Engineering Department, Gazi University
Date:
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Name, Last Name: AYBIKE SIM¸ SEK¸ DILBAZ
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ABSTRACT
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART GREENHOUSE
Aybike Sim¸sek Dilbaz
M.S., Department of Computer Engineering
Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertan Onur
September 2017, 57 pages
In this thesis, a smart greenhouse design is proposed. The aim of the designed smart
greenhouse is to employ less human power and to provide higher efficiency. In the
designed system, air temperature, air humidity, soil temperature and soil moisture are
measured by sensors. As a result of the analysis of the measurements, the control of
mechanical appliances such as ventilation, heating and irrigation are provided accord-
ing to the pre-defined rules. Such automation helps us reduce the amount of human
power for irrigation and ventilation. Two greenhouses with the same characteristics
were used for system comparison in the thesis. One is managed by the smart system,
while the other is traditionally managed. Common to both greenhouses, human power
was used for pruning control, pruning and harvesting. In the traditionally controlled
greenhouse, human power is used for all operations. The crop growth period was
shorter in the greenhouse managed by the proposed smart system. The smart green-
house yields a larger amount of harvest in comparison to the traditional greenhouse.
As a future work, other types of vegetables can be cultivated.
Keywords: Greenhouse, Smart System, Arduino