Field Server Development and Applications in Taiwan Ye-Nu

Field Server Development and Applications in Taiwan Ye-Nu Wan Agricultural Automation Center National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Conferences and Workshop n 2003/11 “Taiwan AG-IT conferences” n n 2004/6 “AG-IT Wireless Sensor Network Workshop” n n Dr. Hirafuji (NARC) Dr. Ninomiya, Dr. Hirafuji, Mr. Fukatsu, etc. AG-IT was widely respected & expected by administrator because of the conferences 2

Typical Ag-IT: Traceability system Field-server 3

Traceability IT structure Production DB Product-ID Process and marketing DB Production records RFID Farm Raise, cultivate Process and marketing records Harvest Process Home Transportation Packing Cargoes retail sale Trace linked using bar-code and/or RFID 4 From： NARC, Japen

Agricultural wireless sensor network development and applications 5

IT makes Ubiquitous & Automatic ▪ ICT and wireless technique development ▪ Measurement instrument getting smaller, modular, networked, wireless, economic, and low power consumption ▪ Wireless communication ▪ 802. 11, Bluetooth, Zig. Bee or GSM ▪ Wireless sensor network (WSN) ▪ Distributed multi-channel remote monitoring and data collecting time-shearing system 6

Price vs. performance: agricultural wireless sensor network ▪ Crossbol: integrated commercial product ▪ Field-Server: performance & functions developing with software, sensors, camera, wireless, even solar power ▪ Sensor module: web-AD/IO card, temperature, humidity, sunlight, CO 2, ammonia, moisture content, meteorological sensors ▪ Wireless comm. : 802. 11 a/b/g AP ▪ Vision: CCD, CMOS, IR-camera ▪ Power consumption: low 7

Taiwan web-AD/IO engine ▪ web-AD/IO card ▪ 10 cm x 7 cm, 7. 5 -12 V DC ▪ RJ-45 and RS-232 connectors ▪ Single chip computer ▪ PIC 18 F 6520 ▪ TTL I/O: 12 ports ▪ A/D: 10 bits, 5 V, 8 ports ▪ Ethernet controller ▪ RTL 8019 AS ▪ IP & MAC programmable 8

Sensors • Humidity: (0 -100% 1% RH) TDK CHSUPS • Temperature: ( 0 -100 1 C) LM 35 DZ • NH 3: (0 -30 PPM) TGS 2602 • CO 2: (300 -5000 ppm) HS-135 • Light (indoor): CDS • Light(outdoor): solar cell • Camera: CCD and CMOS, IR 9

Automatic and nonstop information collection and monitoring Agent program Data collection 10

Sensor calibration 11

Wireless communication ▪ 802. 11 b/g： Wireless internet infrastructure, laptop ▪ Support TCP/IP、 Ethernet, usually 2. 4 GHz ▪ 802. 11 b/11 Mbps、 802. 11 g/54 Mbps, speed 1 Mbps transmission distance about 570 meter ▪ Router/Bridge types ▪ IEEE 802. 15. 4 (Zig. Bee) : home set, PC, game box, toy ▪ 2. 4 GHz, 868 MHz (European), 915 MHz (US) ▪ Transmission distance about 75 meter, 20 kbps～ 250 kbps ▪ Low power consumption ▪ IEEE 802. 15. 1 (blue tooth): m-phone, printer, medical equipment ▪ Short distance, 2. 4 GHz ▪ GPRS: bandwidth up to 160 Kbps ▪ Criteria: bandwidth, accessible, long term cost, technique popularity, experience 12

Some FS 13

Applications and Projects

Application: ubiquitous and automatic information collector Monitoring, Management, Distance control 15

Poultry and livestock management applications

Agricultural automation platform and control center ▪ Front module: Web-I/O + SSR + wireless AP ▪ Confirmation module: FS (vision and movement feedback, middle connection) ▪ Control module (remote): broker, z-transform, intelligent control algorithm, etc. 17

Remote control application: water sprayer cooling system 18

Food safety system issue: Agriculture information input n Farmers and operators to use computers is difficult n n n Farmer need information but computer, farmer earnest about profit but troublesome computer learning SOP？ Tables？ Manually？ Static information ？ Field server provides n Automatic, dynamic, intelligent able agriculture data collection 19

Example: Food safety issue ▪ Transparent superintend: safety and quality check by consumer, impartial third party, inspector in regularly, remote, routine basis 20

Using Field server User interface/Broker for internet monitoring and management /Traceability system Farmer Consumer Remote monitoring management Production process trace 1. Quality 2. Epidemic disease drug residual 3. Consumers’ confidence Third party superintend 21

Project in paddy field data collection n Rice quality, weather data, physiology index Improve management to increase quality Two Universities, 5 -10 experimental stations 22

Application in swine health & illness monitoring - with RFID tracing dead swine to incinerate process 23

Applications & projects n n n Greenhouse Fruit, traceability data input, cross-check Aquatic product cultivation, fishery Leisure farms: remote family farm … 24

New project with RFID in dairy farm Field. Server ? Mastitis inspection field server with milk EC 25

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