Sustainable poultry incubator, automated with ATmega2560 microprocessors applying fuzzy logic

Abstract

This project was developed at the Technological Institute of Pinotepa, located in Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, aiming to address a problem in the poultry community of this town related to poultry production. The goal is to eliminate the dependency that poultry farmers have when purchasing newborn chickens, which leads to a high mortality rate. The article presents the results of the project titled "Design of a Sustainable Poultry Incubator, Automated with Microprocessors and Monitored with a Mobile Application," aimed at increasing poultry production in the community by reducing incubation costs. The project involved designing a sustainable incubation system, automated with an ATmega2560 microprocessor and monitored via a mobile application. Current technologies were implemented to control and monitor the system, where efficient operating parameters such as humidity, temperature, and movement were autonomously controlled by DHT11 sensors, which measure digital temperature and relative humidity, through fuzzy logic. Monitoring was implemented using the Inventor app programming language with Arduino on a laptop. The design of the diffuse temperature and rotation control systems was developed using expert methodology, implemented on a DsPIC hardware platform, and validated using three approaches: computational, control, and application. A 95% hatching rate was achieved, demonstrating the feasibility of using this prototype incubator for artificial egg incubation.