Automated High Tech Chicken Coop - ECE342-W21

Arduino
Enclosure
Automation
Junior Design

This is the automated chicken coop project for Junior Design II (ECE 342) Winter 2021. The intended use for the project is to make an "automated chicken coop" that will assist the ower in automating some aspects of his/her chicken coop. One aspect is monitoring resource consumption (Water, Food, and Electrical) and calculating daylight hours. This data is saved to an SD card for future analysis. There is a signal tower that uses the resource consumption data and the status of the integrated heat lamp to issue a warning if something is malfunctioning or if the resources have reached an emergency threshold. This project also includes an automatic door that can open/close depending on the ambient light level or sunrise/sunset. The key technologies implemented are the ability to track and save data for resource consumption (Arduino), programmable LEDs (Arduino), Automated Door (Arduino) and signal tower light (Arduino). The notable accomplishments of this project include the success in accurately measuring and saving data, having the automated door work as expected, and have the project encloser be waterproof. The main challenges were designing the PCB for the first time and enclosing the project in a water/dustproof environment. Areas for future improvement include design aspects of the PCB, using a better enclosure, and a script to display the saved data.

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Artifacts

Name Description
Executive Project Summary This a summary of how things were approached in the project, a timeline of the project and some key lessons learned from the experience.   Download
FAQ Some questions and answers about some things that an evaluator may consider.   Download
Developer Guide The developer guide that includes some intuition and information regarding the system.   Download
Project Summary Video The video that summarizes the project.   Link
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