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17. Applications and Implications.

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What will it do?

  • Identify cow in production.
    • Using RFID reader.
      • Module RFID reader FDX, or, HDX - FDX.
  • Measure the quantity of milk produced by the identified cow.
    • Using Hall effect food-safe sensor.
      • Module food-safe flow sensor.
  • Estimate the Quality of milk based in its content of Fat/Protein.
    • Using Dielectric Spectroscopy.
      • Module signal emitter (DAC output).
      • AND
      • Module signal reader (ADC input).
  • Save the data generated per cow.
    • Using SD memory card module.
      • Module SD card writer.
  • Display information of the current process.
    • Using a LCD display.
      • Module display.
  • Send data over USB, serial communication.
    • Using Module display,

Who has done what beforehand?

DairyMilk M6800 - Milk Sensors

DairyMilk M6800 - Milk Sensors

Milk Checker

Milk Checker

Datasheet

This device its commonly use to verify the freshness of milk and to detect sub-clinical mastitis in the cattle.

The functioning its simple:

  • Collecting a sample of milk.
  • Perform the test by pulsing the test button.
  • Check a paper printed reference table of values and possible correlations.
  • Determine a diagnostic based in the lecture.

Sensirion liquid flow meters

Sensirion liquid flow meters

Spectra

Spectra Biomedical Imaging Device

What will you design?

Prototypes:

Electronic circuit DAC, ADC, and hall effect board. Food-safe hall effect flow sensor. Waterproof encase. RFID reader module.

1KHz sine wave generated by SAMD11C14 DAC capability.

Summary table:

I2C Communication protocol.

Module Id Address Type
Module RFID reader FDX 2 0x02 Student
Module food-safe flow sensor 3 0x03 Student
Module signal emitter (DAC output) 4 0x04 Student
Module signal reader (ADC input) 5 0x05 Student
Module SD card writer 6 0x06 Student
Module display 1 0x01

What materials and components will be used?

Materials

  • Plexiglass
  • Food-grade silicone
  • PCB
  • Bolts 4mm
  • Nuts 4mm
  • Seal ring
  • Wires and connectors

Components

  • Module RFID reader FDX.

    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.
  • Module food-safe flow sensor.

    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.
  • Module signal emitter (DAC output).
    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.
  • Module signal reader (ADC input).

    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.
    Reference Value Datasheet
    U5 ATSAMD11C14A-SS
    J4 Conn_01x04_Female ~
    J3 Conn_01x04_Female ~
    SW1 BUTTON_B3SN https://omronfs.omron.com/en_US/ecb/products/pdf/en-b3sn.pdf
    R2 10K ~
    C7 1uF
    R8 10K ~
    C3 1uF
    J1 Conn_01x05_Female ~
    U3 Sensor_Hall-Effect_Analog_A1324LLHLT-T https://www.allegromicro.com/~/media/Files/Datasheets/A1324-5-6-Datasheet.ashx
    C5 0.1 uF
    J5 Conn_01x04_Female ~ elina-nguyen-cadoret
    C2 0.1uF
    C1 10uF
    D1 LED https://optoelectronics.liteon.com/upload/download/DS-22-98-0002/LTST-C150CKT.pdf
    R7 100 ~
    C6 0.1uF
    C10 0.1uF
    J2 Conn_01x02 ~
    C8 0.1uF
    C9 0.1uF
    U4 OPAMP_AD8605 https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD8605_8606_8608.pdf
    R3 10K ~
    R5 1K ~
    R6 10K ~
    R4 1K ~
    U2 OPAMP_AD8605 https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD8605_8606_8608.pdf
    R1 10K ~
    C4 10pF
    J6 Conn_01x05_Female ~
    R11 0 ~
    U1 Regulator_Linear_LM3480-3.3V-100mA https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm3480.pdf
    R10 10k ~
    R9 10k ~
  • Module SD card writer.

    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.
  • Module display.
    • ATSAMD11C14 Microcontroller.

Where will they come from?

This materials are available in the FabLab inventory. For now all of them will come from AgriLab.

How much will they cost?

  • The goal is less than 200 Euros.
  • Actual price: To be determined in the next days.

What parts and systems will be made?

  • Module RFID reader FDX.
  • Module food-safe flow sensor.
  • Module signal emitter (DAC output).
  • Module signal reader (ADC input).
  • Module SD card writer.
  • Module display.

What processes will be used?

  • PCB milling with ROLAND SRM-20
  • Mold and casting with CNC machine.
  • Embedded programming with Atmel MPLAB Harmony.

What questions need to be answered?

  • How Fat and Protein are related to the step response at certain Frequencies.
  • Find the range of frequencies for fat and protein in fresh Milk.
  • Find the step response of

How will it be evaluated?

Finding a correlation between Step response and Fat Protein that could be measure with the DAC and DCA modules. - By being used in an actual farm.

Note: As week22 I’ve decided to change this to the next testing plan also written in week19 documentation

For the testing I’ve changed my idea since the time available is less for me. My testing will be to measure different samples:

  • 100ml From a bottle milk
  • 100ml of creme.
  • 100ml of coca-cola
  • 100ml of tap water.

I’ll take note of the values of the samples and compare the results in a table like this:

Substance Samples per second Min Max Average

Last update: July 2, 2021