| dc.description.abstract | Unstable weather conditions can affect the temperature, humidity, and soil moisture
requirements needed by plants. As happened with cayenne pepper, if these needs are
not met optimally it can disrupt production which can then have an impact on price
movements due to a lack of supply. Therefore we need a system that can help cayenne
pepper farmers to detect and control temperature, humidity, and soil moisture
precisely in order to reduce the impact of weather on the growth of cayenne pepper.
The system built in this study is in the form of a prototype that applies IoT (Internet of
Things) technology so that farmers can carry out monitoring and control remotely
through the created web-based application. This study conducted two testing
processes. The first test was conducted to determine the effect of the devices that were
used to control temperature, humidity, and soil moisture. Within 30 minutes of the
testing process, the incandescent lamp managed to increase the temperature by 3,5°C,
the intake fan managed to reduce the temperature by 0,4°C, the mist maker managed
to increase the humidity by 8%, but the exhaust fan failed to carry out its function in
reducing humidity by humidity conditions increased 5%. Then the water pump that
was tested by running water for 60 seconds on soil with a height of 9 cm and a
diameter of 12 cm succeeded in increasing soil moisture by 19%. In the second test, it
was found that the effect of automatic control on the length of one of the leaf veins of
the cayenne pepper plant in the 7 days of the testing process gave the maximum
growth results of 1,25mm which occurred on the first day with an average temperature
produced of 29,80°C, humidity of 81%, and soil moisture of 82%. | en_US |
