Use of the "smart transducer" concept and IEEE 1451 standards in system integration for precision agriculture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-255

  Wei, Jiantao ^a   Zhang, Naiqian ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Lenhert, Donald ^a   Neilsen, Mitchell ^a   Mizuno, Masaaki ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuators; CAN; Embedded systems; Precision agriculture; Sensors; Smart transducer; System integration

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MICROCONTROLLERS; STANDARDS; WEED CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS; SMART TRANSDUCERS; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; WEED SENSING SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

ACTUATORS; AGRICULTURE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; MACHINERY; SENSORS; STANDARDS; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 22544447106     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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