Design and Development of an IoT Based Low Cost Egg Hatching Incubator for Smart Farming

Project Title

Design and Development of an IoT Based Low Cost Egg Hatching Incubator for Smart Farming

Project Area of Specialization Internet of ThingsProject Summary

Conventional and traditional egg hatching systems are available in the market and are utilized for egg farming. However, it needs maximum supervision due to its limited controlling capabilities. In case of main power failure, manual attention is extremely important for such system to switch the backup power system and to maintain the parameters required for egg hatching. It has lower probability to produce maximum egg hatching due to its requirement of consistent supervision. Therefore, our main goals are to reduce the supervision cost and to remotely control the system. We shall develop mobile application to get temperature and humidity information remotely. The system will be designed to automatically use available power option in case of failure of main power. The system will auto change egg positions within the system. The proposed system will increase the productivity and will produce maximum egg hatching compared to the conventional systems. We shall develop low cost product for egg hatching farming with a target to increase chicken productivity at domestic and house hold level. This will help improve availability of chicken products/foods at low cost in general and will reduce poverty and hunger in the society.

Project Objectives

We shall focus on the following objectives in our proposed egg hatching system.

1. To analyse the system using simulation.

2. To design a practical system to do egg hatching with high probability.

3. To remotely control the proposed system using IoTs application.

4. To design the egg hatching system to do smart switching between available power sources and to increase productivity.

Project Implementation Method

In our final year project, we shall focus on the following implementation processes.

1. We have basic idea of our proposed system. However, we need to study in detail the literature which can power up our system using latest IoT products in the market.

2. We shall do a detail simulation analysis to get insights of the proposed egg hatching system .

3. We shall practically integrate different elements and will program them to control various design parameters. These parameters include the temperature, the humidity, the angle of the eggs within the machine and its rotation, and smart switching using available power options. 

4. We shall design a mobile/computer application to control the various parameters of the system remotely and to get information about the system.

Benefits of the Project

Our proposed egg hatching system include the following key benefits. 

1. The monitoring and control of the hatching system will be easy. It can be monitored and control remotely through the use of IoT applications.

2. Basically, we are controlling temperature, humidity, as well as retardation of the objects, i.e., eggs of different species. However, we primarily focus on chicken farming and eggs.

3. We are working on multi-switching multi-supply product which will automatically put the system on supply power of different choices. These choices include solar energy, power from using generator, as well as main supply power. The idea behind using multi-switching using Arduino is to keep the temperature, humidity, and other parameters within the product up-to the mark for higher productivity and maximum probability of egg hatching. In the conventional available hatching products, these options are not available. This means that in case of main power failure and unavailability of consistent supervision, the control parameters within the system may come below the threshold values which will largely reduce the chances of maximum egg hatching.

4. We are using basic Arduino system and will produce low cost product for the farming with all advance controlling capabilities.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

We shall explore and integrate the following tools to design a smart hatching system.

• Arduino uno

• NodeMCU

• website and control panel (IoT control)

• servo motor for auto rotation of eggs and changing angles of the eggs within the system.

• Relays for controlling electrical elements within the system which will be utilized for controlling temperature and humidity.

• Bulb and fans

• Humidity and DHT11 sensors

• other IoT products

At the completion of this final year project, we shall deliver a smart egg hatching incubator with smart switching. It will be remotely controlled and supervised and will reduce cost of supervision in egg farming. It is expected that our product will have higher probability to hatch eggs compared to traditional and conventional available hatching systems.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry AgricultureOther Industries IT , Energy Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals No Poverty, Zero HungerRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	77350
UPS system (for alternate power source)	Equipment	1	15000	15000
Battery for UPS system	Equipment	1	21000	21000
80 Eff 13 Tubes imported 360 Degree automatic turning rolling trays	Equipment	4	1650	6600
5V 2 channel relays	Equipment	4	170	680
DHT11 temperature humidity sensor	Equipment	4	220	880
12V 1A power adaptor	Equipment	4	135	540
12V DC Fan	Equipment	4	95	380
F2F wires 30CM	Equipment	3	100	300
M2F wires	Equipment	3	100	300
Humidifier ultrasonic atomizer	Equipment	2	1320	2640
servo MG996R 360	Equipment	4	720	2880
Temo adn HUM DHT11 module	Equipment	3	220	660
Relay Module 4 CH	Equipment	3	280	840
ESP8266 Node MCU CH340	Equipment	3	450	1350
Cable A to B	Equipment	2	50	100
Arduino UNO	Equipment	4	1300	5200
Stationary, printing, etc	Miscellaneous	1	10000	10000
Incubator box	Equipment	1	8000	8000