Title :
An Automatic Light Monitoring System with Light-to-Frequency Converter for Flower Planting
Author :
Kuo, Wei-Cheng ; Chiang, Cheng-Ta ; Huang, Yu-Chung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
In this paper, an automatic light monitoring system with light-to-frequency converter for flower planting is newly proposed. Based on the requirements for flower planting, the proposed light monitoring system is thus analyzed and designed. Besides, the designed light transducer, which is implemented as a light-to-frequency converter, is attractive due to that a digitized signal is produced without realizing the analog to digital converter. Hence, the hardware cost could be reduced. All the functions and performance of the proposed light monitoring system are successfully proven through measurement results. The proposed light monitoring system is rather suitable for the needs in a large flower planting area.
Keywords :
agriculture; condition monitoring; frequency convertors; optical sensors; transducers; analog-to-digital converter; automatic light monitoring system; flower planting; light transducer; light-to-frequency converter; Agriculture; Analog-digital conversion; Circuits; Computerized monitoring; Costs; Lighting control; Optical receivers; Programmable control; Signal design; Transducers; Light monitoring system; flower planting; light-to-frequency converter;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1540-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547211
