Design of Low Cost Greenhouse Monitoring using ZigBee Technology
Greenhouses are often used for growing flowers, vegetables, fruits, and tobacco plants. Most greenhouse systems still use the manual system in monitoring the temperature and humidity in the greenhouse, a lot of problems can occur not for worker but also affected production rate because the temp...
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| Language: | English |
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National Science Library,National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources (NISCAIR), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10191/1/www.ijecct.org_v3n5_472-475CRP_13.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10191/ http://www.ijecct.org/index.htm |
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| Summary: | Greenhouses are often used for growing flowers,
vegetables, fruits, and tobacco plants. Most greenhouse
systems still use the manual system in monitoring the
temperature and humidity in the greenhouse, a lot of
problems can occur not for worker but also affected
production rate because the temperature and humidity of
the greenhouse must be constantly monitored to ensure
optimal conditions. The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
can be used to gather the data from point to point to trace
down the local climate parameters in different parts of the
big greenhouse to make the greenhouse automation system
work properly. This paper presents the design of low cost
greenhouse monitoring system to monitor a greenhouse
temperature and humidity parameters by applying the
ZigBee technology as the WSN system. During the design
process, Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC), LCD
Display and Zigbee as the main hardware components is
used as hardware components while C compiler and MP
Lab IDE were used for software elements. The data from
the greenhouse was measured by the sensor then the data
will be displayed on the LCD screen on the receiver which
support up to 100 m range. By using this system, the
process of monitoring is easier and it also cheaper for
installation and maintenance. The feasibility of the
developed node was tested by deploying a simple sensor
network into the Agriculture Department of Melaka
Tengah greenhouse in Malaysia. |
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