System for the management of dusting in agriculture with the technology of automatic acquisition of field data

• Grant number: 99/11662-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: November 01, 2000
• End date: September 30, 2005
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Cleber Rinaldo Manzoni
• Grantee: Cleber Rinaldo Manzoni
• Company: Enalta Inovações Tecnológicas S/A
• City: São Carlos

Abstract

The research intends to develop a system for the management of dusting /spraying activity in agriculture with technology of automatic acquisition of field data, which aims to enable the farmer to have total mastery over the information involved in this activity, such as: data directly concerning the equipment i.e. rate of application (I/ha), velocity of tractor (km/h), quantity of raw material to be applied per treated area and other data involved in the control of the application of raw material (type of application, type of raw material to be used, stage of growth of the product, planting phase, hours/machine worked, reasons for stoppages, location of application and others.) All of the above related data will be collected in the field by collector modules of mobile and fixed data (hardware) and afterwards uploaded onto a personal computer, to be subsequently transformed into information (management software) that will enable the farmer to automate the programming of the machine’s activity, to evaluate the performance of the operator, of the agricultural equipment (tractor and sprayer/duster) and of the process as a whole. (AU)