ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Calibration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management Applications.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Design of Electrodes and Interfaces for Non-Contact and Capacitive Biomedical Measurements: Terminology, Electrical Model, and System Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Soil-Specific Calibration and Integration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors into a Solar-Powered Sensor Node.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Field Performance and Calibration Strategies for Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- picoSMMS: Development and Validation of a Low-Cost and Open-Source Soil Moisture Monitoring Station.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Potential of Low-Cost IoT-Enabled Agrometeorological Stations: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- IoT Sensing for Advanced Irrigation Management: A Systematic Review of Trends, Challenges, and Future Prospects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparative Analysis of Soil Moisture- and Weather-Based Irrigation Scheduling for Drip-Irrigated Lettuce Using Low-Cost Internet of Things Capacitive Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The calibration of capacitive soil moisture sensors is an essential step towards their integration into smart solutions. This study investigates the calibration of a widely used low-cost capacitive soil moisture sensor (SKU:SEN0193, DFRobot, Shanghai, China) in a loamy silt soil typically found in the Puglia region of Italy. The calibration function was derived from a random sample of 12 sensors, with three soil sample replicas per sensor, each of which had one of five gravimetric soil moisture contents, from relatively dry (5%) to full saturation (40%). The study reports the resulting calibration function along with the accuracy achieved with the generalized calibration function. The sensors proved to be accurate, with an R
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