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Development of greenhouse-application-specific wireless sensor node and graphical user interface

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This paper presents a multi-sensor wireless senor node along with a graphical user interface (GUI), development specifically for greenhouse application. The node has been developed for the measurement of three atmospheric parameters, namely, temperature, humidity and luminosity, and two soil parameters, namely, soil temperature and soil moisture. For the measurement of temperature and humidity, a sensor node of Eigen Solutions SNHTP, which has a dual digital cum humidity/temperature sensor, HIH6030, has been used as a base module. However, for the measurement of luminosity, a module of Eigen Solutions SNTL, having a luminosity sensor, namely, ISL29023, has been used. A soil sensing unit, consisting of both soil temperature and soil moisture sensors, has been designed and developed keeping in view the need of simultaneously measuring these parameters. For interfacing the soil sensing unit to the base unit, an extender module of Eigen Solutions, has been used. Variable resistance type moisture sensor and a negative temperature coefficient thermistor have been used for the measurement of soil moisture and soil temperature, respectively. The GUI displays the data obtained from all the sensors at predefined time intervals. It displays “All-Time Data” as well as the “Latest Data” as per requirement of the user and offers the options of adding and deleting fields in the data display.

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    Suman Lata, H. K. Verma & Nihar Ranjan Roy

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Lata, S., Verma, H.K., Roy, N.R. et al. Development of greenhouse-application-specific wireless sensor node and graphical user interface. Int. j. inf. tecnol. 15, 211–218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-022-01104-7

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