Wireless sensor node for farm monitoring

This paper discusses the design of a wireless sensor node for a farm monitoring system. The system allows farmers to monitor the surrounding environment as well as the animal movement. This system consists of sensors, a wireless transceiver and a main control system. It monitors the surrounding temperature, humidity and animal motion before transmitting the data to a base station. With the wireless device, farmers are able to monitor the animal activity within the range of 1.5 km. To ensure the device can perform properly, this paper discusses the verification method to determine the accuracy of the measured data against commercial devices. From the results, the wireless sensor node is able to perform measurement with 95% to 99% accuracy as compared to benchmark devices.