Design and development of an autonomous floodgate using arduino uno and motor driver controller

Autonomous dam and drainage system is a system which does not require to operate by hand. Nowadays water logging due to tide has become a great problem. In this paper, an automatic dam gate system has been proposed to automatically control dam gate without human effort. An autonomous dam gate system has been developed which can be used to protect the low-lying area from the tidal water as well as it can also be used in an irrigation canal, power plant, factories etc. The system is capable of sensing drain water and tidal water. By sensing drain water, it controls a pump to irrigate excessive water. DC motors are used to control the movement of dam gates. Arduino UNO is used as the processor. A control box is provided to control and observe the condition of the whole system.