Monitoring a greenhouse using a microcontroller-based meteorological data-acquisition system

S. Ameur, M. Laghrouche and A. Adane

Renewable Energy, 2001, vol. 24, issue 1, 19-30

Abstract: A meteorological data-acquisition system is implemented based on an 80C32 microcontroller, which scans 10 sensors together at intervals programmable from one minute to one hour. The data are stored in a removable, non-volatile random access memory (NOVRAM) cartridge each day for one month and then transferred into a more powerful computer. This system is versatile and easily transportable. It has been used to supervise the growth of bananas in a greenhouse situated in a remote site near Tizi Ouzou. The production of bananas is found to be optimum for high values of relative humidity and temperature varying around 25°C within the greenhouse.

Keywords: Microcontroller; Non-volatile random access memory; Data-acquisition system; Meteorological data; Greenhouse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00181-6

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