Smart and automatic bird egg incubator using arduino

1. Design and Implementations of Smart, Automatic, Power-efficient and Cost-effective Bird Egg Incubator employs the smart techniques for the regulation of pivotal conditions for successful hatching of eggs such as temperature and humidity, turning of t

Project Title

Smart and automatic bird egg incubator using arduino

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

1. Design and Implementations of Smart, Automatic, Power-efficient and Cost-effective Bird Egg Incubator employs the smart techniques for the regulation of pivotal conditions for successful hatching of eggs such as temperature and humidity, turning of trays for successful hatching of the fertile eggs placed in an enclosure.

2. This project is integrated with the GSM kit, which will keep the user updated by the incubator's regular status.

3. The sole purpose of creating this project is to make it cost-effective and power-efficient.

4. back up supply will ensure the continuous provision of power to ensure all the eggs are hatched properly.

5. Chicken eggs are recorded to hatch after about 21 days over a wide range compared to natural incubation.

Project Objectives

Following are the objectives of this project: 

1. To study and design the combination of the control system and hardware to incubate the eggs.
2. Cost-effective and power-efficient.
3. A constant supply of ambient heat and humidity with fluctuation in degrees to have a better quality of hatching eggs during the different phases of the incubation.
4. The built system can be easily monitored by Users and its specifications can be changed according to their desire.
5. Self-sufficient and affordable
6. Increased efficiency as compared to its counterparts available in market
7. User friendly
8. Research-oriented Data will be readily available to publish a paper on the prerequisite constants in the  hatching process.

Project Implementation Method

We have divided the project completion into three phases.

Phase 1. Designing and Simulation of each component (Software)

1.Procuring data regarding the sensors, dc motors, Arduino board, and GSM kit 

2. Interfacing sensors with the Arduino board.

3. Reading the data and carrying out calibration of the sensors

4. Connecting the motor with Arduino and writing the subsequent code.

5. Designing the circuit of the project on Proteus and combining the data from the sensors to execute required functions on the motors( Egg tray motors)

6. Connecting the Adafruit Data Logger board for Arduino

7. Interfacing Arduino with GSM kit.

Phase 2 Simulation of the complete project (Software)

1. Integrating all the components on the Arduino board on  Proteus and carrying out their collective response.

2. Storing the data and displaying it on Matlab to further understand the ambiguities in the temperature and humidity.

3. Introducing further innovations if deemed necessary.

4. Placing order for all the components

5. Forging circuit for Buck-Boost converter with battery 12v 9Ah.

6. Integrating the Backup power supply to the Arduino board

Phase 3 Implementation of the design (Hardware)

1. Checking out the components' functions and their working conditions

2. Connecting them to the Arduino and calculating their individual power consumption.

3. Carrying out few modifications to meet the current requirements of the project-if any.

4. Installing the circuitry in the wooden compartment and carrying out the hardcore test by keeping the project on for consecutive 7 days.

5. Analyzing the data and recalibrating the sensors-if required.

6. Placing eggs in the incubator and carrying out the maiden test.

7. Upon successful completion of the test, calculating the power consumption and hatching rate

8. Formulating all the data and documenting them for future use and project thesis.

Benefits of the Project

Following are the most vivid and immediate benefits of the Project- Design and Implementation of Efficient, and Cost-Effective Bird Egg Incubator

1. To locally produce a cost-effective and power-efficient egg incubator.

2. To reduce the transportation cost incurred by importing the materials(incubators)

3. To help increase the production of chicken and other relevant bird's meat at a grass-root level.

4. Preserving the power consumption

5. Increasing the hatchability rate of the eggs by ensuring all the parameters are fulfilled using smart devices and sensors.

6. Producing a product which is autonomous in nature and yields high result.

7.Reducing the burden on the government by providing a cheaper product to the people that will help them produce staple food.

8. Foreign reserve will be saved as importing costs will reduce drastically due to these materials.

9.It will help to build home-industry.

10. Unemployment will reduce as people will have another industry to pursue since procuring eggs from industry is quite espensive.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Technical Specifications of Final Deliverables

1. Arduino UNO

The brain of the project is Arduino UNO. All sensors- humidity and temperature- ara integrated to Arduino board. 9600Hz sampling rate is more than enough to carry out this project efficiently. Coding for intefacing the sensors, GSM kit and arduino SD card kit is done collectively on the Arduino IDE sftware.

2.Sensors-SHT10

SHT10 is a fully calibrated humidity and temperature sensor. It integrates sensor elements for humidity and temperature along with signal processing circuitry in a tiny package. It uses a capacitive sensor element for measuring relative humidity. For measuring temperature, it uses a band-gap sensor.It has 14-bit ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter) to convert the analog data from the sensor elements into digital outputs.SHT10 has an I2C interface that allows a host microcontroller to read the humidity and temperature digital data.It provides relative humidity data with a resolution of 12-bits, and an accuracy of ±4.5% RH (relative humidity). The operating range is 0 to 100% RH. The temperature data has a resolution of 14-bits and an accuracy of ±0.5°C. The operating range is -40 to 123.8°C.SHT10 operates on a supply in the range of 2.4 to 5.5V.

3.GSM KIT 900A

The SIM900A is GSM/GPRS module,used in many mobile phones and PDA. The module can also be used for developing IOT (Internet of Things) and Embedded Applications. SIM900A is a dual-band GSM/GPRS engine that works on frequencies EGSM 900MHz and DCS 1800MHz.

4.PROTEUS for circuit Simulation

All the circuitary will be simulated on Proteus to ensure the working of each component according to the project requirements prior to implementation phase.

5. Smart Icubator

With the help of sensors and microcontrollers, the final product will be smart in terms of decision making- sudden fluctuation in temperature and humidity, and regulating the status of the eggs and conveying it to the user via GSM kit.

6. MATLAB to draw the data acquired form sensors

Data acquired from sensors will be stored in SD card module mounted on Arduion board. This DATA will help in the future incubation process. Each hatching period is rigged with dynamic humidity and temperature variables, this data will help pinpoint the exact constants for the projects.

7. Power Efficient

Power bills account to major portion of any industry's expenditure list. Our aim is design a project which operates on minimum power by employing the techniques of different algorithms and supplying power only when required by using gradual gradient evaluation process.

8. Cost Effective

Components used in this project are acquired from industries within Pakistan, hence encouraging the local industry and reducing the tarrif cost on the good imported from abroad. Current incubators present in the market do not provide capacity to hatch 112 eggs within the stipualted budget of our prototype.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Manufacturing

Other Industries

Agriculture , Food

Core Technology

Shared Economy

Other Technologies

Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Others

Sustainable Development Goals

Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-Being for People, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption and Production

Required Resources

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