This project has been carried out on a farm located in Murchas, Granada, where the different modules have been installed to test their effectiveness and operation, as well as a solar panel to provide them with energy.
The first phase of DEMETER lasts six months, divided into three Sprints of two months each.
In Sprint 1, the technical regulations applied to agriculture in Europe (starting with Spain) and the interest of potential clients and collaborators have been analyzed. Based on these premises, a working group has been created with the aim of incorporating these solutions into our product and adapting it to current development. Work has also been done on the digital tools necessary to start Sprint 2. As a result of our work, we have carried out a preliminary exploration of the integration of our system in the DEMETER platform and the initial infrastructure has been considered.
Sprint 2 begins with the definition of the solution to be developed, taking into account the information obtained in Sprint 1. This solution has been developed at the Hardware and Software level. Regarding the hardware level, the five modules that make up WAISENSE FIELDS (Soil sensors module, Ambient sensors module, sensorized pump module, sensorized valve module and Gateway) have been developed. For the software, work has been done on the implementation of the back-end, the authorization and the authentication system and its advanced functionalities. From this point we see how the integration with AIM is carried out and how to access to obtain the information in the format. In this Sprint the firmware is implemented and the app is started. In this Sprint, laboratory tests were also carried out to ensure that the data is retrieved from the sensors and that it is ready to be incorporated into the pilot.
The implementation of the technologies developed during Sprints 1 and 2 is carried out in Sprint 3 on a farm in Murchas, Granada. This implementation has been carried out adapting to the needs of the property and the land.