SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

A PROJECT REPORT ON

“DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR

OPERATED SEED SOWING MACHINE”

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Submitted by
Mr. Arun Hanumappa Chinnanayakar R21ER809

Mr. M.D Naveed R21ER858

Mr. Megharaj Pattar R21ER859

Mr. Shaik Mansoor R21ER914

Under the Guidance of

Dr. Balaji S
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University

2023-2024
School of Mechanical Engineering
Rukmini Knowledge Park, Kattigenahalli, Yelahanka, Bengaluru-560064
www.reva.edu.in
 SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DECLARATION

We, Mr. Arun Hanumappa Chinnanayakar (R21ER809), Mr. M.D Naveed

(R21ER858), Mr. Megharaj Pattar (R21ER859), Mr. Shaik Mansoor (R21ER914),
declare that the project entitled “Design and Development of Solar Operated Seed Sowing
Machine” submitted by us in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the
degree of B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, REVA University is based on the results of the
project work carried out and reported by us under the guidance of Dr. Balaji S, Assistant
Professor School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University.

We also declare that this report or any part of it has not been submitted for award of any
other degree / diploma of this or any other University / Institute.

Student’s Signature
Mr. Arun H C R21ER809
Mr. M.D Naveed R21ER858
Mr. Megharaj P R21ER859
Mr. Shaik Mansoor R21ER914

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are extremely grateful to Dr. Balaji S, Assistant Professor School of Mechanical

Engineering, REVA University, for guiding us throughout the project amidst his tight
schedules.

We are extremely thankful to Project Coordinators, School of Mechanical Engineering,

REVA University, for their constant suggestions, direction and support throughout the
course.

We are grateful to Dr. Mahesh L, Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering, REVA
University, for his consistent encouragement, leadership, and assistance during the course.

We are extremely thankful to Dr. K S Narayanaswamy, Registrar, REVA University, for his
constant encouragement, direction and support throughout the course.

We are grateful to Dr. N Ramesh, Vice Chancellor, REVA University, for helping us during
our engineering education.

We express our deepest gratitude and thanks to Dr. P Shyama Raju, Chancellor, REVA
University, for providing us an opportunity to complete our education in this esteemed
University.

We are grateful to our parents and all members of the family for their constant
encouragement given to us. We also thank our friends for their cooperation.

Above all, we thank the almighty for giving us the resources and strength to do this project.

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled “Design and Development of Solar
Operated Seed Sowing Machine” carried out by, Mr. Arun Hanumappa
Chinnanayakar (R21ER809), Mr. M.D Naveed (R21ER858), Mr. Megharaj Pattar
(R21ER859), Mr. Shaik Mansoor (R21ER914), are bonafide students of REVA
University during the academic year 2023-24, are submitting the project report in partial
fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. The
project report has been approved as it satisfies the academic requirements in respect of
Project work prescribed for the said Degree.

__________________ ___________________
Dr. Balaji S Dr. Mahesh L
Assistant Professor HOD
School of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

Name of the Examiner with affiliation Signature with Date

1.

2.

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 ABSTRACT

India is an agriculture-based country in which 70% of people depends on the

outcome of farming. But we observe that with increase in population the farm
gets distributed among the family and because of this, Indian farmer held on
average only two acres of farmland. Also economically, farmers are very poor
due to which they are unable to purchase tractors and other costly equipment
hence they use traditional method of farming. Basically, many farmers in India
also use bullocks, horses and he-buffalo for farming operation. This will not
satisfy need of energy requirement of the farming as compared to the countries
in the world. So we are thinking that human and animal efforts can be replaced
by some advance mechanization which will be suitable for small scale farmer
from economical and effort point of view. So we are developing this
equipment.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents Page no.
Declaration i
Acknowledgement ii
Certificate iii
Abstract iv
Table of Content v
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1-6
1.1.1 Traditional method 1
1.1.2 Broadcasting 2
1.1.3 Dibbling 3
1.1.4 Drilling 3
1.1.5 Seed Dropping behind the Plough 4
1.1.6 Transplanting 5
1.1.7 Check row planting 6
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE SURVEY 7-11
CHAPTER III: PROBLEM DEFINATION 12
CHAPTER IV: OBJECTIVES 13
4.1 Aim of the Project 13
4.2 Objectives 13
CHAPTER V: METHODOLOGY 14- 32
5.1 RF Receiver 15
5.2 Transmitter 15
5.3 Ball Bearing 16
5.4 DC Motor 17
5.5 12V DC Wiper Motor 18
5.6 Battery 19
5.7 Lead-Acid Wet Cell 19
5.8 Chemical Reaction 20

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 5.9 Electronic Components and Controllers 21-32
CHAPTER VI: EXPECTED OUTCOMES 33-34
CHAPTER VII: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 35
CHAPTER VIII: MATERIAL COST 36-37
8.1 Material Cost 36
8.2 Labour Cost 37
8.3 Overhead Charges 37
8.4 Total Cost 32
CHAPTER IX: CONCLUSION 38
9.1 Conclusions 38
9.2 Scope for Future Work 38
REFERENCES 39

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure no Description Page no.
1.1 Traditional method 3
1.2 Broadcasting 4
1.3 Dibbling 4
1.4 Drilling 5
1.5 Seed Dropping behind the Plough 5
1.6 Transplanting 6
1.7 Check row planting 6
2.1 Price of available similar products [C/O: India Mart] 9-12
5.1 Methodology 16
6.1 Seed sowing machine model 17
6.2 2d diagram 18
7.1 Rf receiver 19
7.2 Transmitter 19
7.3 Ball bearing specifications 20
7.4 12v dc wiper motor 22
7.5 Construction of lead acid battery 24
7.6 Chemical reaction in battery 25
7.7 Arduino Board we Used 26

7.8 Pin connection IC atmega328 28

7.9 Specifications of atmega328 IC 29

7.10 Switch for Resetting the Program 29
7.11 Push button Circuit Diagram 30
7.12 Push button circuit 31

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 LIST OF TABLES
Table no. Description Page no.
5.1 Specifications of A Tmega328 IC 34
8.1 Material Cost 36

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