期刊名称：International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Technology
印刷版ISSN：2249-7838
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：5
页码：472-475
出版社：International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Technology
摘要：Greenhouses are often used for grow ing flowers, vegetables, fruits, and tobacco plants. Most greenhouse systems still use the manual system in monitoring the temperature and humidity in the greenhouse, a lot of problems can occur not for worker but also affected production rate because the temperature and humidity of the greenhouse must be constantly monitored to ensure optimal conditions. The Wireless Sensor N etw ork (WSN) can be used to gather the data from point to point to trace down the local climate parameters in different parts of the big greenhouse to ma ke the greenhouse auto mation system work properly. This paper presents the design of low cost greenhouse monitoring system to monitor a greenhouse temperature and humidity parameters by applying the ZigBee technology as the WSN system. During the design process, Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC), LCD Display and Zigbee as the main hardware components is used as hardware components while C compiler and MP Lab IDE were used for software elements. The data fro m the greenhouse was measured by the sensor then the data will be displayed on the LCD screen on the receiver which support up to 100 m range. By using this system, the process of monitoring is easier and it also cheaper for installation and maintenance. The feasibility of the developed node w as tested by deploying a simple sensor netw ork into the Agriculture Department of Melaka Tengah greenhouse in Malaysia
