Agricultural Electronics

Subject in charge: Prof.J.A.K.S.Jayasinghe Prepared by: A.S.Maxworth

Outline

Introduction to Agricultural Electronics The need of Agricultural Electronics The new inventions Current work Future work

Introduction to Agricultural Electronics

A multi disciplinary field

Agriculture Electronics

Applying Electronics in the field of Agriculture Developing the techniques used in the field of Agriculture with the use of Electronics Introducing technology to the field of Agriculture

The need of Agricultural Electronics

Sri Lanka is an Agricultural dependent country 28.2% of the population depends on Agriculture The expected outcome is not achieved in Sri Lanka Reasons

Farmers are isolated with knowledge about technology Used to the ordinary methods Lack of knowledge about the new methods

The new inventions

The GreenSeeker

The GreenSeeker system applies the right amount of Nitrogen at the right place at the right time, increasing yield and reducing Nitrogen input expense.

The new inventions

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Automatic planting machines

Colour Sorters Driers

The new inventions

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The new methods No-till Farming

Growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage. Can increase the amount of water in the soil and reduce the erosion.

Current work

Kamatha by CIC

Green houses

ISR Projects

Individual Social Responsibility Project Ideas 1. An FPGA based device for colour sorting and inspection of grains

2. Apparatus for colour sorting of fruits and vegetables

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3. Automated compost facility

4. Automated storage cabin for post harvest transportation

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ISR Projects

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5. Automated system for identifying and dispensing fertilizer in a certain crop area
Power Unit Controlli ng and Processi ng Unit Growth Level Identifica tion Unit

Dispen sing Unit

Blendin g Unit

6. Automated temperature and humidity control system for green houses Sensor Microcontro
Get temperature and RH
System ller

Alarm System
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ISR Projects

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7. Automatic fertilizer applier unit 8. Automating the fruit drying machine 9. 10. distributed information system for agricultural products

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ISR Projects

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9. Determining internal fruit quality using NMR

11. Electronically controlled grain preservation system

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ISR Projects

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12. Food Preservation by pulsed electric field

13. Fruit sorting using image processing techniques

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ISR Projects

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14. Fully Automated irrigation system

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ISR Projects

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15. Hand held soil organic matter sensor

16. Hand held device to measure maturity level of mango harvest

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ISR Projects

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17. Handheld meter to measure moisture and Nitrogen in soil

18. Increasing paddy yield

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ISR Projects

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19. Light detector application for poultry quality measurements

20. Non destructive ripeness detector

Amplifie DISPLAY Processor DAC

Speaker

A A
Pre Amp

ADC

Microphone

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ISR Projects

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21. Non- destructive, portable, device for measuring the ripeness level of fruits based on chlorophyll content

22. Precision farming using sensor network

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ISR Projects

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Sprinkler Nozzle Angle Pressur e Stor age

23. Smart sprinkler system

Sprinkler processing

Wate r Stora ge

Pumpi ng

24. Solar energy based fruit dryer

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Future work

Implementing a hydroponics garden within the university premises Implementing a green house Implementing the ISR projects Forming an Agricultural Electronics Club

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Future work

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Hydrophonics Hydroponics (From the Greek words hydro, water and ponos,
labor) is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, or coconut husk. from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

An effective method Can be practiced in a small area Can be automatically controlled

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Thank You!

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