Solar data acquisition wireless network for agricultural applications

Author

Morais, Raul ; Cunha, J. Boaventura ; Cordeiro, Manuel ; Serodio, Carlos ; Salgado, Paulo ; Couto, Carlos

Author_Institution

Seccao de Engenharias, Univ. de Tras-os-Montes, Vila Real, Portugal

fYear

1996

Firstpage

527

Lastpage

530

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a wireless data acquisition network for agricultural applications based on the Microchip PIC16C71, and the Intel 87C592 microcontrollers. The system uses a set of solar powered wireless data-acquisition stations (SPWAS) linked by radio frequency to a base station (BS). The base station has as main functions the control of the data-acquisition stations and the storage of the data collected by them. The network has been applied to collect outdoor and indoor climate data from a set of greenhouses located at Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), in the northwest of Portugal. Experimental tests have been done since mid June 1996, and the results obtained show that the communications to the BS were performed without errors or loss of data

Keywords

agriculture; computerised control; data acquisition; monitoring; radio equipment; radiotelemetry; telecontrol; Intel 87C592 microcontrollers; Microchip PIC16C71; Portugal; SPWAS; UTAD; Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro; agricultural applications; base station; indoor climate data; outdoor climate data; solar data acquisition wireless network; solar powered wireless data-acquisition stations; storage; wireless data acquisition network; Base stations; Data acquisition; Greenhouses; Instruments; Microcontrollers; Network topology; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Testing; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 1996., Nineteenth Convention of

Conference_Location

Jerusalem

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3330-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEIS.1996.567032

Filename

567032