Environmental condition monitoring unit

Introduction

The real-time environmental condition monitoring platform or RECMP is designed with the sole purpose of gathering data of key environmental parameters of the surrounding of the unit, filtering and storing in "Thingspeak" cloud database. The reliability, durability, self-sustainability and the expandability of the system have been specially considered in designing the unit. The system is capable of integrating with an array of Arduino based sensors which could be vastly used in agricultural data gathering purpose. The system is capable of identifying the new sensors with minor adjustments. Finally a well-organized android application has been integrated with the system for easy access to recent data. The initial prototype is integrated with three basic sensor units to gather four key environmental parameters.

Specifications     

Temperature                :    0°C   to   50°C.     ±1°C

Humidity                     :    20%  to   90%       ±1%

Soil moisture content  :    0%    to  100%

Solar brightness          :    1lx    to 65535lx +/-20%

Features of product

• Solar powered self-sustaining energy source.
• Battery  4.5Ah
• Solar panel output voltage controlling unit
• Series of sensors can be integrated with minor adjustments in code. 
• DHT11, BH1750, Soil moisture (Primary)
• Ultrasonic sensor, ky-013(Secondary)
• Inbuilt data filtering  mechanism
• Network access through external WIFI router
• Integrated with "Thingspeak" cloud service
• Matlab based development environment.
• User friendly web interface.
• User friendly android application for easy data monitoring. 
• Low cost
• Weather resistant