Development of a Low-Cost Plant Growth Chamber using IoT Cloud

Authors

  • Varunya Attasena Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, Thailand
  • Pichet Suebsaiprom Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, Thailand
  • Thitipong Satiramatekul Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, Thailand
  • Worapot Satadaechakul Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Keywords:

Cloud, Control System, IoT, Plant Growth Chamber

Abstract

Research or experiments on plant growth in open systems often produce results that are not sufficiently accurate. Due to an inability to control many plant growth factors, research or experiments on plant growth in closed systems by using greenhouses or plant growth chambers are preferred. However, greenhouse construction or plant growth chamber importing from abroad would require large budget and at the same time may still possess insufficient functionality for research or experiments. The present research therefore developed a low-cost plant growth chamber, which involved the adoption of modern technology viz. cloud and IoT. The objective was to reduce research costs and facilitate researchers to perform environment modifying experiments in the plant growth chamber as needed. Monitoring the growth of plants at any instant is also feasible through the application on a smartphone; this is done by monitoring various real-time parameters stored on the cloud, including temperature, humidity, light intensity and concentration of carbon dioxide. The research resulted in 3 main outputs: plant growth chamber and control system for various factors inside such a chamber, IoT cloud system for storage and analysis of data and mobile application on smartphone for user interface. Test results revealed that the temperature and humidity values could be controlled within the range specified in the application. It was also possible to control the on/off of the LED lighting and the amount of carbon dioxide in the plant growth chamber.

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2022-03-31

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Attasena, V., Suebsaiprom, P., Satiramatekul, T., & Satadaechakul, W. (2022). Development of a Low-Cost Plant Growth Chamber using IoT Cloud. Science and Engineering Connect, 45(1), 19–42. retrieved from https://ph04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SEC/article/view/10256

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