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CHAPTER 1

1.1 INTRODUCTION
Sericulture is the science that deals with production of silk by rearing of silkworm. Producing silk is
a lengthy and complex process. Silkworm produces silk thread in form of cocoon by consuming
mulberry leaves during larval period. The seasonal differences in the environment considerably affect
output of silkworm crop such as cocoon weight, shell weight, and cocoon shell ratio. Sericulture
industry combines the attribute of both agriculture and industry. It comprises three distinct activities
cultivation of mulberry, rearing of silkworms and reeling of cocoons. Sericulture mainly deals with
the preparation of silk by nurturing the silkworms. Production of silk is very time taking as well as
dedicate and difficult method. Silkworm is considered as one of the utmost essential housetrained
creatures that harvest dynamic silk-fiber in the shape of cocoon by ingesting mulberry leaves
throughout the initial that is larval stage.

The report given by the Central Silk Board demonstrates that, India appreciates the agreeable second
position in the aggregate silk creation next just to China. It is realized that varieties in the ecological
elements will enormously influence the development and improvement of silkworm. India represents
the 15-16% of the aggregate creation when contrasted with China's 85%. This enormous difference
exists because of the absence of mechanization in sericulture process and it is watched that
everything is manual which incorporates the treatment of silkworms. Measures must be taken to
decrease the effects of atmosphere on silkworm rearing. Since the strategies taken after by the
ranchers are obsolete, this project extends a thought of automation in the sericulture for enhancement
both subjectively and quantitatively. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a recent pattern that made
variety of each and every thing to sense and communicate through internet by recognizing itself with
a unique addressing scheme and interacting wirelessly with each other to create a smart
implementation.

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1.2 LITERATURE SURVEY

[1] AUTOMATED SMART SERICULTURE SYSTEM

Authors: Arun.R, Sandhya.P, Kiran D L

Published in: 2019 JETIR May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5

Disinfection is one of the reproving parameter to be considered for healthy and successful silkworm rearing.
Sericulture is the significant occupation in the country side of India and techniques utilized by the
agriculturists are as yet obsolete. Hence there exists the need of using innovation in Sericulture cultivate.

[2] WSN Based Intelligent Control System for Sericulture

Authors: R. Ashwitha, Vidhya Vikraman

Published in: International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management Volume-2,
Issue-12, December-2019

If any variations in the parameters, NodeMCU directly send notification to the user mobile application
through Wi-Fi using the internet connection. The aim of this model is to obtain the silk, without
compromising the quantity and quality. The system permits for scheduled programming through Arduino IDE
software in such a way to maintain the required environmental conditions.

[3] Automated Smart Sericulture Based on IoT and Image Processing Technique

Authors: Yashaswini. B, Madhusudhan, Nagmani, Dr. Suresh. D

Published in: IJSEC Volume 10 Issue No.6 2020

Here we are using the web camera to detect the ill health silkworms and spray the respective medicines or
pesticides. Minimize the manual intervention of the farmer by automating the process of irrigation of
mulberry plantation and also testing the temperature and controlling the silkworm rearing unit by using a
ARM7 board. Image processing technique mainly used to find out the color change in the silkworms body. It
indicates the non-identical stages such as black worms and swallow worms indicates the diseases worms.

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[4] IoT Based Automated Sericulture System

Authors: Srinivas B, Khushi Kumari, Goverdhan Reddy H, Niranjan N, Hariprasad S A, Sunil M P

Published in: International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)

ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-2, July 2019

. The model goals at making use of developing technology that is IOT and smart Sericulture using
automation. Observing environmental parameters of the silkworm rearing house is the most important aspect
to improve vintage of the silk.

[5] Intelligent Control System for Sericulture

Authors: M.A. Dixit1 Amruta Kulkarni

Published in: International Conference on Pervasive Computing (ICPC)(2015)

The system comprises of a data acquisition sub-system corresponding to the predetermined zones for the
rearing unit, an intelligent master controller facility, data repository of past corrective actions, and cheap
actuators like fans, bulbs in the zones. The master control facilitates the optimum corrective action and directs
the decisions to the identified actuator sub-system based on abiotic data obtained from the respective data
acquisition sub-system. The actuator sub-system achieves the corrective measures using the actuators placed
in that zone of the unit. A continuous real-time feedback facilitates accurate and quick implementation of
corrective steps. The system aims for increased quantity and quality of silk which is determined by reeling
factor, holding capacity, roughness of silk. Also, the zone-based implementation decreases production and
maintenance cost making it suitable for rural usage.

[6] A study on the effective implementation of sericulture and silk development programs 1 Authors:
Ratnesh Kumar, Shobhit Bajpai

Published in: International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)(2015)

Sericulture Organizations Sector enlightens the way for the world. They provide valuable input necessary for
other organization to survive and grow. Human Resource Development opens the way for creating and
manufacturing competent manpower for organizations at large.

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CHAPTER 2

2.1 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

In all stages of the healthy swell silkworms the major factors that play an important role are
humidity, light and temperature, particularly during the larva stage. Hence, the quality of silk is
affected due to the environmental change in the silkworm rearing house.
Variation in humidity, temperature and light intensity may cause low yield of silk.
Temperature outside (23⁰C-30⁰C) and humidity outside (70%-80%) causes premature death of
cocoon. To improve the production and quality of silk thread, usage of automation in sericulture is
suggested. So to overcome this problem we are using node MCU which has inbuilt wifi module monitor
line data in mobiles and with web camera viewing option through IP Adress.

2.2 OBJECTIVES
This project proposes a novel approach to address all the above listed problems about the sericulture.
The proposed technique involves various steps like Data acquisition, computation, and actuation for
the sericulture. It involves the design and implementation of Wireless Sensor Network for monitoring
the sericulture unit with parameters like temperature, humidity and so on using various sensors.
Hence, we propose a novel automated sericulture plant, which includes less human intervention
towards maintaining proper environmental requirements for the growth of silk worms, reducing the
chances of reduction in silk production.
2.3 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

• Indoor monitoring.
• Industrial perimeter monitoring.
• Weather monitoring.
• To make this data available to Reelers.
• Quality of weather can be checked indoor as well as outdoor.
• Detecting a wide range of physical parameters including temperature, humidity.

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CHAPTER 3

3.1 METHODOLOGY

Microcontroller (Node MCU) is the heart of the framework which is customized such that it
will screen and control the parameters within the threshold values. There are two sensor
temperature, humidity and light sensor. The DHT11 sensor measures the temperature and relative
humidity which splits over a digital signal with temperature and humidity, given to Node MCU.
LDR (light dependent resistor) measure the light intensity in the rearing house. Cooler and
temperature control unit (heater) maintain the temperature within the threshold values. OLED
display the environmental parameters. Relay is an electrically operated switch to protect the
electrical circuit from the faults. The information and condition in raising house will be sent to
agriculturists mobile the proposed system is implemented with the help of both software and
hardware tools, which will carefully observe as well as control the variations in the environmental
factors of silkworm raising house on the consistent basis. The proposed system does the following -
 Testing and Validation of sensor.
 Signal conditioning.
 Receiving signal with the help of Internet of Things (IoT)
 Interfacing sensors to microcontroller to achieve the desired result.
 Based on sensor signal analyse the situation and provide appropriate conditions.

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FIG NO 3.1.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM

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3.2 HARDWARE USED

POWER SUPPLY
The transformer 230Volts will be stepped down to 12-0-12 one side of the 12V is given to the
7805 and Lm317.In this project the microcontroller requires +5V power supply. The design
description of power supply is given below.
The +5 Volt and 3.8V power supply is based on the commercial 7805 & Lm317 voltage
regulator IC. This IC contains all the circuitry needed to accept any input voltage from 8 to 18 volts
and produce a steady +5 volt & 3.8volt output, accurate to within 5% (0.25 volt). It also contains
current-limiting circuitry and thermal overload protection, so that the IC won't be damaged in case of
excessive load current; it will reduce its output voltage instead. The 1000µf capacitor serves as a
"reservoir" which maintains a reasonable input voltage tothe 7805 throughout the entire cycle of the
ac line voltage. The bridge rectifier (WM04) keeps recharging the reservoir capacitor on alternate
half-cycles of the line voltage, and the capacitor is quite capable of sustaining any reasonable load in
between charging pulses.
The LED and its series resistor (220ohm) serve as a pilot light to indicate when the power
supply is on and also helps to the reservoir capacitor is completely discharged after power is turned
off. Then I know it's safe to remove or install components for the next experiment

FIG 3.2.1 5v power supply with over voltage protection.

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

This is the first interfacing example for the Parallel Port. We will start with something simple.
This example doesn't use the Bi-directional feature found on newer ports, thus it should work with
most, if not all Parallel Ports. It however doesn't show the use of the Status Port as an input for a 16
Character x 2 Line LCD Module to the Parallel Port. These LCD Modules are very common these
days, and are quite simple to work with, as all the logic required running them is on board.

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PINOUT OF LCD

FIG 3.2.2 LCD DISPLAY

Pin Configuration

Pin Pin Name: Description

No:

1 Vss (Ground) Ground pin connected to system ground

2 Vdd (+5 Volt) Powers the LCD with +5V (4.7V – 5.3V)

3 VE (Contrast Decides the contrast level of display. Grounded to get maximum contrast.
V)

4 Register Connected to Microcontroller to shift between command/data register

Select

Features of 16×2 LCD module

 Operating Voltage is 4.7V to 5.3V
 Current consumption is 1mA without backlight
 Alphanumeric LCD display module, meaning can display alphabets and numbers
 Consists of two rows and each row can print 16 characters.
 Each character is built by a 5×8 pixel box
 Can work on both 8-bit and 4-bit mode

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RELAY

FIG 3.2.3 Two Channel Relay

Features of 5-Pin 5V Relay

 Trigger Voltage (Voltage across coil) : 5V DC

 Trigger Current (Nominal current) : 70mA
 Maximum AC load current: 10A @ 250/125V AC
 Maximum DC load current: 10A @ 30/28V DC
 Compact 5-pin configuration with plastic molding
 Operating time: 10msec Release time: 5msec
 Maximum switching: 300 operating/minute (mechanically)

Pin Configuarations:

Relay pin configuration

Control Pins:

VCC pin supplies power to the built-in optocoupler and optionally to the electromagnet of the relay
(if you keep the jumper in place)
GND is the common Ground connection.

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IN1 & IN2 pins are used to control the relay. These are active low pins, meaning the relay will be
activated when you pull the pin LOW and it will become inactive when you pull the pin HIGH.

Power Supply Selection Pins:

JD-VCC supplies power to the electromagnet of the relay. When the jumper is in place, it takes
power from the Arduino’s 5V line. Without the jumper cap, you have to connect it to an independent
power source.

VCC With the jumper cap on, this pin is shorted to the JD-VCC pin. If you remove the jumper, keep
this pin unconnected.
GND is the common Ground connection.

Output Terminals:

COM pin is connected to the signal you are planning to switch.

NC pin is connected to the COM pin by default, unless you send a signal from the Arduino to the
relay module to break the connection.
NO pin is open by default, unless you send a signal from the Arduino to the relay module to make the
connection.
TEMPERATURE SENSOR
The LM35 series are precision integrated-circuit temperature sensors, whose output voltage is
linearly proportional to the Celsius (Centigrade) temperature. The LM35 does not require any
external calibration or trimming to provide typical accuracies.

FIG 3.2.4 Temperature sensor

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The LM35 series are precision integrated-circuit temperature sensors, whose output voltage is
linearly proportional to the Celsius (Centigrade) temperature. The LM35 thus has an advantage over
linear temperature sensors calibrated in° Kelvin, as the user is not required to subtract a large
constant voltage from its output to obtain convenient Centigrade scaling. The LM35 does not require
any external calibration or trimming to provide typical accuracies of ±1Ú4°C at room temperature and
±3Ú4°C over a full −55 to +150°C temperature range. Low cost is assured by trimming and calibration
at the water level.
The LM35’s low output impedance, linear output, and precise inherent calibration make interfacing to
readout or control circuitry especially easy. It can be used with single power supplies, or with plus and
minus supplies. As it draws only 60 μA from its supply, it has very low self-heating, less than 0.1°C in still
air. The LM35 is rated to operate over a −55° to +150°C temperature range, while the LM35C is rated for a
−40° to +110°C range (−10° with improved accuracy). The LM35 series is available package in hermetic
TO-46 transistor packages, while theLM35C, LM35CA, and LM35D are also available in the plastic TO-
92 transistor package. The LM35D is also available in an 8-lead surface mount small outline package and
aplastic TO-220 package.

FEATURES
• Calibrated directly in ° Celsius (Centigrade)
• Linear + 10.0 mV/°C scale factor
• 0.5°C accuracy guarantee able (at +25°C)
• Rated for full −55° to +150°C range
• Suitable for remote applications
• Low cost due to wafer-level trimming

Temperature Sensor
• Less than 60μA current drain
• Operates from 4 to 30 volts
• Low self-heating, 0.08°C in still air
• Low impedance output, 0.1 W for 1 mA load

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HUMIDITY SENSOR

FIG 3.2.5 Humidity Sensor

Humidity is the presence of water in air. The amount of water vapor in air can affect human
comfort as well as many manufacturing processes in industries. The presence of water vapor also
influences various physical, chemical, and biological processes. Humidity measurement in industries
is critical because it may affect the business cost of the product and the health and safety of the
personnel. Hence, humidity sensing is very important, especially in the control systems for industrial
processes and human comfort. Controlling or monitoring humidity is of paramount importance in
many industrial & domestic applications. In semiconductor industry, humidity or moisture levels
needs to be properly controlled & monitored during wafer processing. In medical applications,
humidity control is required for respiratory equipment’s, sterilizers, incubators, pharmaceutical
processing, and biological products. Humidity control is also necessary in chemical gas purification,
dryers, ovens, film desiccation, paper and textile production, and food processing. In agriculture,
measurement of humidity is important for plantation protection (dew prevention), soil moisture
monitoring, etc. For domestic applications, humidity control is required for living environment in
buildings, cooking control for microwave ovens, etc.
Humidity is defined as the amount of water present in the surrounding air. This water content in the
air is a key factor in the wellness of mankind. For example, we will feel comfortable even if the
temperature is 10°C with less humidity i.e., the air is dry.
But if the temperature is 10°C and the humidity is high i.e., the water content of air is high,
then we will feel quite uncomfortable. Humidity is also a major factor for operating sensitive
equipment like electronics, industrial equipment, electrostatic sensitive devices and high voltage
devices etc. Such sensitive equipment must be operated in a humidity environment that is suitable for
the device. Hence, sensing, measuring, monitoring and controlling humidity is a very important task.

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Measuring Humidity and Temperature

The DHT11 detects water vapor by measuring the electrical resistance between two electrodes.
The humidity sensing component is a moisture holding substrate with electrodes applied to the
surface. When water vapor is absorbed by the substrate, ions are released by the substrate which
increases the conductivity between the electrodes. The change in resistance between the two
electrodes is proportional to the relative humidity. Higher relative humidity decreases the
resistance between the electrodes, while lower relative humidity increases the resistance
between the electrodes.

The DHT11 measures temperature with a surface mounted NTC temperature sensor (thermistor)
built into the unit. To learn more about how thermistors work and how to use them on the
Arduino, check out this Arduino Thermistor Temperature Sensor Tutorial.

With the plastic housing removed, you can see the electrodes applied to the substrate:

An IC mounted on the back of the unit converts the resistance measurement to relative humidity.
It also stores the calibration coefficients, and controls the data signal transmission between the
DHT11 and the Arduino:
The DHT11 uses just one signal wire to transmit data to the Arduino. Power comes from
separate 5V and ground wires. A 10K Ohm pull-up resistor is needed between the signal line
and 5V line to make sure the signal level stays high by default (see the datasheet for more info).

NODEMCU
NodeMCU is an open source LUA based firmware developed for ESP8266 wifi chip. By exploring
functionality with ESP8266 chip, NodeMCU firmware comes with ESP8266 Development board/kit
i.e. NodeMCU Development board.
NodeMCU Dev Kit/board consist of ESP8266 wifi enabled chip. The ESP8266 is a low-cost Wi-Fi
chip developed by Espressif Systems with TCP/IP protocol. For more information about ESP8266,
you can refer ESP8266 WiFi Module.
There is Version2 (V2) available for NodeMCU Dev Kit i.e. NodeMCU Development Board v1.0
(Version2), which usually comes in black colored PCB.
NodeMCU Dev Kit has Arduino like Analog (i.e. A0) and Digital (D0-D8) pins on its board.

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It supports serial communication protocols i.e. UART, SPI, I2C etc.

Using such serial protocols we can connect it with serial devices like I2C enabled LCD display,
Magnetometer HMC5883, MPU-6050 Gyro meter + Accelerometer, RTC chips, GPS modules, touch
screen displays, SD cards etc.

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FIG NO 3.2.6 Node MCU pin configuaration

LIGHT DEPENDENT RESISTOR

FIG NO 3.2.7 Light Dependent Resistor

Typical LDR as its name implies, the Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) is made from a piece
of exposed semiconductor material such as cadmium sulphide that changes its electrical resistance
from several thousand Ohms in the dark to only a few hundred Ohms when light falls upon it by
creating hole-electron pairs in the material.
The net effect is an improvement in its conductivity with a decrease in resistance for an
increase in illumination. Also, photo resistive cells have a long response time requiring many seconds
to respond to a change in the light intensity.
Materials used as the semiconductor substrate include, lead sulphide (PbS), lead selenide

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(PbSe), indium antimonide (InSb) which detect light in the infra-red range with the most commonly
used of all photo resistive light sensors being Cadmium Sulphide (CdS).
Cadmium sulphide is used in the manufacture of photoconductive cells because its spectral
response curve closely matches that of the human eye and can even be controlled using a simple
torch as a light source. Typically, then it has a peak sensitivity wavelength (λp) of about 560nm to
600nm in the visible spectral range.
The Light Dependent Resistor Cell

FIG NO 3.2.8 The Light Dependent Resistor Cell

LDR photocell, the most commonly used photo resistive light sensor is the ORP12 Cadmium
Sulphide photoconductive cell. This light dependent resistor has a spectral response of about 610nm
in the yellow to orange region of light. The resistance of the cell when unilluminated (dark
resistance) is very high at about 10MΩ’s which falls to about 100Ω’s when fully illuminated (lit
resistance).
To increase the dark resistance and therefore reduce the dark current, the resistive path forms
a zigzag pattern across the ceramic substrate. The CdS photocell is a very low-cost device often used
in auto dimming, darkness or twilight detection for turning the street lights “ON” and “OFF”, and for
photographic exposure meter type applications.

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SUBMERSIBLE WATER PUMP

FIG NO 3.2.9 Submersible water pump

Micro DC 3-6V Micro Submersible Pump Mini water pump For Fountain Garden Mini water
circulation System DIY project. This is a low cost, small size Submersible Pump Motor which can be
operated from a 3 ~ 6V power supply. It can take up to 120 liters per hour with very low current
consumption of 220mA. Just connect tube pipe to the motor outlet, submerge it in water and power it.
Make sure that the water level is always higher than the motor. Dry run may damage the motor due to
heating and it will also produce noise.

Specifications: -

Operating Voltage: 3 ~ 6V
Operating Current: 130 ~ 220mA
Flow Rate: 80 ~ 120 L/H
Maximum Lift: 40 ~ 110 mm
Continuous Working Life: 500 hours
Driving Mode: DC, Magnetic Driving
Material: Engineering Plastic
Outlet Outside Diameter: 7.5 mm
Outlet Inside Diameter: 5 mm

A water pump is a machine used to increase the pressure of water in order to move it from one point
to another. Modern water pumps are used throughout the world to supply water for municipal,

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industrial, agricultural, and residential uses. Water pumps also are used to move wastewater in
sewage treatment plants.
Feature: Small size, high efficiency, low consumption, low noise DC Brushless pump without
pollution, electronic commutation, long operating life Electromagnetic isolation, epoxy resin sealing,
100% waterproof Can be used to pump water, oil, acid and alkali solution.

5V DC COOLING FAN

FIG NO 3.2.10 Cooling fan

Features:
 Good airflow
 Noiseless Performance
 Very low Current consumption
 Easy to install and connect.

DC 5V 0.2A 4010S Cooling Fan for Arduino is a small but powerful fan. The cooling fan finds its
use as an exhaust fan on the Arduino case. It maintains the temperature of the extruder, which results
in good heat dispersion and wonderful performance.
The cooling fan operates on a 0.2A 5V DC power supply which can be easily powered from the
Arduino board. It has a 2 pin JST connector to easily connect to the printer controller system, and
provide hassle-free operation. The fan is made of plastic and is light-weight. It is noiseless as well.

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Lamp:

FIG NO 3.2.11 Incandescent lamp

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a
wire filament heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert
gas to protect the filament from oxidation. Current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires
embedded in the glass. A bulb socket provides mechanical support and electrical connections.
Incandescent bulbs are manufactured in a wide range of sizes, light output, and voltage ratings, from
1.5 volts to about 300 volts. They require no external regulating equipment, have low manufacturing
costs, and work equally well on either alternating current or direct current. As a result, the
incandescent bulb became widely used in household and commercial lighting, for portable lighting
such as table lamps, car headlamps, and flashlights, and for decorative and advertising lighting.
JUMPER

A jump wire (also known as jumper, jumper wire, DuPont wire) is an electrical wire, or group
of them in a cable, with a connector or pin at each end (or sometimes without them – simply
"tinned"), which is normally used to interconnect the components of a breadboard or other
prototype or test circuit, internally or with other equipment or components, without soldering

FIG NO 3.2.12 JUMPER WIRE

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3.3 SOFTWARE USED

PROTEUS DESIGN SUITE

is a proprietary software tool suite used primarily for electronic design automation. The software
is used mainly by electronic design engineers and technicians to create schematics
and electronic prints for manufacturing printed circuit boards.It was developed in Yorkshire,
England by Labcenter Electronics Ltd and is available in English, French, Spanish and Chinese
languages.

SPECIFICATIONS

 3GHz or faster Intel processor (AMD processors fine but less optimised). Graphics card
supporting OpenGL Version 2.0 or higher and/or Direct 3D and multi-sampling (MSAA).

 8GB RAM (recommended 16GB or more). Microsoft Windows 7 or later (recommended

Microsoft Windows 10 64 bit).

FIG NO 3.3.1 PROTEUS SOFTWARE

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Arduino IDE
Arduino uno is an open-source software, which is used to write and upload code to the Arduino boards.The IDE
application is suitable for different operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It supports the
programming languages C and C++. Here, IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment.

SPECIFICATIONS

• system is required to have 256 MB RAM

• operating system CPU with Pentium 4 or above.

Fig 3.3.2 ARDUINO IDE

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CHAPTER 4

4.1 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION

FIG NO 4.1.1 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION

Here we used proteus software for simulation. In term of Node MCU we used Arduino UNO as a
microcontroller.

The following are the sensors which are connected to respective input and output pins.
DHT 11 sensor is given to input A0 pin and it’s corresponding output is motor-1 which istaken
from D7pin. LDR sensor is given to input A1 pin and it’s corresponding output is motor-2 which
is taken from D6 pin. Push button for control of sprayer is connected to digital I/P pin D4 and
output is connected to D5 pin.

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4.2 HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION

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4.3 WORKING
In the proposed system, there is an analyzing of the execution parameters of Silkworm rearing
house such as temperature, humidity and light intensity using IoT. The variation in the parameters
such as temperature and humidity of silk worm rearing house is sensed by the sensors and is shown
on LCD and is sent in the agriculturist mobile application and planned important changes will be
completed. The acquired data from various sericulture units will communicate wirelessly to a remote
station. Where in all the received date will be displayed real time on a web page.
In case if the temperature increases then the fan will be turned on and if it decreases the
heater will be turned on, if light intensity is low then light will on. On considering the light intensity
sensed by LDR sensor, the LCD displays if the door is half-open, fully-open or closed.
Below are the required conditions for healthy development of a silkworm. This can be
successfully achieved from the proposed project.

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CHAPTER 5
5.1 ADVANTAGES:

• Sensors are easily available.

• Simple, compact, easy to handle.
• Sensors have long life and less cost.
• Quality of weather can be checked indoor as well as outdoor.
• Detecting a wide range of physical parameters including temperature, humidity.

5.2 APPLICATIONS:

• Indoor monitoring.
• Industrial perimeter monitoring.
• Weather monitoring.
• To make this data available to common man.

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CHAPTER 6

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[2] Mubashar Hussain, Shakil Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Naveem and M. Farooq Nasir, “Effect of
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[4] G. Sushanth and S. Sujatha, "IOT Based Smart Agriculture System," 2018 International
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