Digital Egg Incubator System (DEIS)

Authors

  • Sangeetha S  Department of ECE, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Sathiya Priya P  Department of ECE, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Selva S  Department of ECE, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Rushinth John  Department of ECE, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Gayathri C  Department of ECE, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), Microcontroller, Temperature and Humidity.

Abstract

An incubator is a device which hatches and simulates avian incubation by keeping eggs warm and in the correct humidity. The incubators available in the market are mostly designed to support a specific type of egg and are quite expensive too. Limitations like cost, egg type, device specifications are the only problem that current device have. This project tries to overcome these limitations. In this project the incubators make use of heat sensors whose output is constantly monitored by a microcontroller so as to manage the temperature range of the specific egg. The microcontroller has been programmed to handle various eggs by predefining the requirements in its code and it is monitored using GSM. The egg type can be easily selected through buttons and an LCD display.

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2017-04-30

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Volume 2, Issue 2, March-April-2017

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Sangeetha S, Sathiya Priya P, Selva S, Rushinth John, Gayathri C, " Digital Egg Incubator System (DEIS), IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.232-235, March-April-2017.