The development of a prototype plant propagation and seedling care cabinet controlled through a web application

Authors

  • Wiwanrat Saramat Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
  • Pimpakarn Kidarn Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
  • Ravi Uttamatanin Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
  • Voranun Voramongkol Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Keywords:

Vegetable Seedling Propagation Cabinet, Smart Farm, Automated Control System, Web Application

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study, design, build, and evaluate the performance of an automated vegetable seedling nursery cabinet that can be controlled remotely through a web application. Cabinet has a width, length, and height are 80, 120, and 150 centimeters. The cabinet controls environmental factors including temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and light. An ESP32 board is used to connect to sensors and measure status values to send to a Firebase database, which is a real-time database. The data is then displayed in a web application developed using the React framework. The application has commands to adjust temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, watering schedule, on/off lights, on/off fans, data recording, and real-time video camera installation to observe plant characteristics. The cabinet can operate in both automatic and user-defined modes. The researcher evaluated the performance of the cabinet in three areas: 1) web application operation, 2) cabinet operation, and 3) seedling care. The results showed that all three areas were functional and could control the environment to promote faster growth of seedlings grown inside the cabinet by 12.22% compared to seedlings grown outside the cabinet.

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Published

2024-06-28

How to Cite

Saramat, W., Kidarn, P., Uttamatanin, R., & Voramongkol, V. (2024). The development of a prototype plant propagation and seedling care cabinet controlled through a web application. Journal of Industrial Technology : Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, 12(1), 51–61. retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/fit-ssru/article/view/256071

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