Development of the Berry Impact Recording Device sensing system: Hardware design and calibration

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-111

  Yu, Pengcheng ^a   Li, Changying ^a   Rains, Glen ^a   Hamrita, Takoi ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Blueberry; Mechanical harvest; Microcontroller; Sensor

Indexed keywords

BLUEBERRY; CIRCUIT BOARDS; COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS; CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; HARDWARE DESIGN; IMPACT DAMAGES; IMPACT FORCE; LOW-COST SENSORS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MECHANICAL HARVEST; MECHANICAL IMPACTS; MEMORY CHIPS; ORTHOGONAL AXIS; RECHARGEABLE BATTERY; RECORDING DEVICES; SENSING RANGES; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSOR OUTPUT; SILICONE RUBBER;

ACCELEROMETERS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CENTRIFUGATION; COMMUNICATION; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MICROCONTROLLERS; SILICONES; SPHERES;

SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; DESIGN; FRUIT; HARDWARE; HARVESTING; IMPACT; PRECISION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SOFTWARE;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 80053365188     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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