Accurate, continuous and reliable data gathering and recording about crop growth and state of health, by means of a network of autonomous sensor nodes that require minimal management by the farmer will be essential in future Precision Agriculture. In this paper, a low-cost multi-channel sensor-node architecture is proposed for the distributed monitoring of fruit growth throughout the entire ripening season. The prototype presented is equipped with five independent sensing elements that can be attached each to a sample fruit at the beginning of the season and are capable of estimating the fruit diameter from the first formation up to the harvest. The sensor-node is provided with a LoRa transceiver for wireless communication with the decision making central, is energetically autonomous thanks to a dedicated energy harvester and an accurate design of power consumption, and each measuring channel provides sub-mm 9.0-ENOB effective resolution with a full-scale range of 12 cm. The accurate calibration procedure of the sensor-node and its elements is described in the paper, which allows for the compensation of temperature dispersion, noise and non-linearities. The prototype was tested on field in real application, in the framework of the research activity for next-generation Precision Farming performed at the experimental farm of the Department of Agricultural and Food Science of the University of Bologna, Cadriano, Italy.

Peppi L.M., Zauli M., Manfrini L., Corelli Grappadelli L., De Marchi L., Traverso P.A. (2023). Low-cost, high-resolution and no-manning distributed sensing system for the continuous monitoring of fruit growth in precision farming. ACTA IMEKO, 12(2), 1-11 [10.21014/actaimeko.v12i2.1342].

Low-cost, high-resolution and no-manning distributed sensing system for the continuous monitoring of fruit growth in precision farming

Peppi L. M.
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Zauli M.;Manfrini L.;Corelli Grappadelli L.;De Marchi L.;Traverso P. A.
2023

Abstract

Accurate, continuous and reliable data gathering and recording about crop growth and state of health, by means of a network of autonomous sensor nodes that require minimal management by the farmer will be essential in future Precision Agriculture. In this paper, a low-cost multi-channel sensor-node architecture is proposed for the distributed monitoring of fruit growth throughout the entire ripening season. The prototype presented is equipped with five independent sensing elements that can be attached each to a sample fruit at the beginning of the season and are capable of estimating the fruit diameter from the first formation up to the harvest. The sensor-node is provided with a LoRa transceiver for wireless communication with the decision making central, is energetically autonomous thanks to a dedicated energy harvester and an accurate design of power consumption, and each measuring channel provides sub-mm 9.0-ENOB effective resolution with a full-scale range of 12 cm. The accurate calibration procedure of the sensor-node and its elements is described in the paper, which allows for the compensation of temperature dispersion, noise and non-linearities. The prototype was tested on field in real application, in the framework of the research activity for next-generation Precision Farming performed at the experimental farm of the Department of Agricultural and Food Science of the University of Bologna, Cadriano, Italy.
2023
Peppi L.M., Zauli M., Manfrini L., Corelli Grappadelli L., De Marchi L., Traverso P.A. (2023). Low-cost, high-resolution and no-manning distributed sensing system for the continuous monitoring of fruit growth in precision farming. ACTA IMEKO, 12(2), 1-11 [10.21014/actaimeko.v12i2.1342].
Peppi L.M.; Zauli M.; Manfrini L.; Corelli Grappadelli L.; De Marchi L.; Traverso P.A.
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