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ArduDrop is a low cost device, based on Arduino platform, for environmental data acquirement in order to apply the FAO Penman-Monteith methodology (Allen et al., 1998) to calculate the evapotranspiration for crops, what will result in an adequate water management.
Presentation:
Download the general presentation of this devide from here (33 Mb *.ppt MSO 2003 file). Document in spanish.
Videos of the ArduDrop presentation at I Arduino Barcamp -Spain. (First part; Second part)
Present version:
Hardware version 1.2 (20101126)
Firmware version: 0.6a (20101105)
Updates:
October 30th, 2010. Update to version 1.2 by inclusion of 2 shields (datalogger and screw/power), and wind speed sensor.
March 1st, 2010: Updated to version 1.1 by the inclusion of ground temperature sensors in order to derive geothermal flux.
December 28th, 2009: version 1.0
Under construction:
December, 2010: multiples (3) combined soil temperature and moisture sensors for substitute the present soil moisture and soil thermal flux sensors.
May, 2011: Mini-evaporation tank with automatic measurement device to derive ET0, and compare the results with ArduDrop measured values. It will be an optional sensor for the ArduDrop 1.3 device.
May, 2011: 24LS256 EEPROM memory to save data, configuration parameters and error control for ArduDrop device.
May, 2011: Improvements on power issues for the ArduDrop device. Probably we will use a commercial solution (e.g., lipo-rider solar charger and li-po batteries).
Bibliography:
Allen, R.G., Pereira, L.S., Raes, D., and Smith, M. 1998. Crop evapotranspiration: Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. Irrigation and drainage Paper No.56, FAO, Rome, Italy. 326 pp.
de Pablo H., M.A. y de Pablo S., C. 2010. Ardudrop 1.0: Dispositivo electrónico para el estudio de la humedad del suelo. Tecnologí@ y Desarrollo, 10: 06. 31 pp. (In spanish) [[Download](http://www.uax.es/publicaciones/archivos/TECMAD10_006.pdf)]
de Pablo H., M.A. y de Pablo S., C. 2011. Ardudrop 1.2: Nuevos sensores y mejoras en la electrónica. Tecnologí@ y Desarrollo, 11: 06. 31 pp. (In spanish) [[Download](http://www.uax.es/publicaciones/archivos/TECMAD11_001.pdf)]