Installing infrared radiometers
Installing thermoradiometers for the crop season.
Projects
SEIA’2018 Conference
From the 19th to 21st of September was held in Ámsterdam the Fourth International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA’ 2018). Our PhD student, Juan Domingo González, presented the contribution “Design and simulation of a soil sensor using microstrip lines and neural networks” in the Environment Sensors session.
First ARIFRUT Capacitive SDI-12 sensor prototype
We have designed and assembled our first capacitive sensor with SDI-12 protocol. The sensor allows to select different soil profiles throughout SDI-12 commands.
Calibrating soil sensors
This week we are carrying out the calibration of the soil sensors in the lab, using the thermo-gravimetric method. We are calibrating Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) probes.
ARIFRUT on 7RM
Report on 7RM about ARIFRUT project. Rafael Domingo explains the details of the project at the experimental farm Tomás Ferro. Link to full news on 7RM here.
Lysimeter trunkings
Today we have installed the trunkings to accommodate all the wiring of equipment and sensors around the lysimeter. Metal spikes have been welded to support gutters. The pipes of the irrigation system have also been fixed.
Set up of WiFi equipment
Set up of WiFi panels and devices to provide coverage to the sensor networks. A 5 GHz directional link was installed between the main warehouse and the lysimeter plot. A second 2.4 GHz access point with a sectorial antenna of 120 ° covers the sensor nodes of the almond trees.