Environmental and Resource Consumption Monitoring Smart Coop System - Team 14, ECE342-W21
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This system is built for use within an urban chicken coop, monitoring environmental elements and resource consumption while displaying information to the user through multiple interfaces. This includes monitoring the temperature and humidity of the chicken coop, while also observing the amount of daylight the chickens get, and how much food and water they have access to. The system is able to control a heat lamp and warning lights based on the data collected by the sensors. The warning lights turn on if food or water is detected to be underneath a certain threshold, as well as if the heat lamp is malfunctioning. The information collected through the sensors is graphed on a web interface, and information is displayed to the user through a 14-segment display. An IP64 rated enclosure is used to contain and protect the system. Components of the system work very well and can be integrated together easily, although there were some issues with the accuracy of the food and water sensors. The next step for this project would be to construct a fully integrated system when possible and refine its behavior and construction.
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| Project Summary | A one-page summary of the project explaining the original design problem, how the team approached the problem, the project timeline, and lessons the team learned from the project. | Download |
| Project Summary Video | A brief overview of the project followed by a summary of each of the blocks in the system, and finally a reflection over the project. | Link |
| Developer Guide | A guide including all of the information one would need to be able to use or continue development with this system. Includes a system overview, electrical specifications, a user guide, a block diagram, a schematic, information on the enclosure, PCB information, and information on the parts used. | Link |