The increase in irrigated crop areas, especially in countries such as Spain and Italy, has led to an increase in technological solutions for monitoring the irrigation. Furthermore, the centre pivot irrigation systems used in these crops have facilitated the daily work of farmers in recent years, however, the monitoring of these systems and the reporting of problems in their operation has become a key aspect during the growing season. For this reason, different monitoring solutions have been proposed from the area of Precision Agriculture and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Nevertheless, it is necessary that these solutions take into account the digital divide their potential users may suffer and be low-cost solutions in order to be attractive to the end-users. This paper presents several low-cost solutions using novel user interfaces and wireless communication technologies for the monitoring of this type of irrigation systems. This paper presents the results obtained after the deployment of the proposed systems on a real environment and the main conclusions drawn after their use in irrigated maize crops.

灌溉作物面积的增加，特别是在西班牙和意大利等国家，导致监测灌溉的技术解决方案增加。此外，这些作物中使用的中心枢轴灌溉系统近年来为农民的日常工作提供了便利，然而，这些系统的监控和运行中的问题报告已成为生长季节的一个关键方面。为此，精准农业和信息通信技术 (ICT) 领域提出了不同的监测解决方案。然而，这些解决方案必须考虑到潜在用户可能遭受的数字鸿沟，并且是低成本的解决方案，以吸引最终用户。本文介绍了几种低成本解决方案，使用新颖的用户界面和无线通信技术来监控此类灌溉系统。本文介绍了在实际环境中部署所提出的系统后获得的结果，以及在将其用于灌溉玉米作物后得出的主要结论。