Judul: Rancang Bangun Modul Akuisisi Data Untuk Sistem Irigasi Otomatis Berbasis Mikrokontroler Arduino Duemilanove
Abstrak: This research is part of activities in IMHERE B2C IPB Strengthening Agricultural Research For Food Security And Sovereignty. Implementation of the research project will assess the Development of Automated Irrigation Systems For Food Production Land with research focus on the mechanism of data acquisition. Data acquisition is performed using the Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller. Arduino Duemilanove can perform data retrieval as well as having an ADC module, so as to facilitate the conversion of data from analog data into digital data. From the datasheet, ADC module on the Arduino Duemilanove has an error range of ± 2 LSB or ± 0.0092 V with a reference voltage of 4.67 V. In this experiment measurements obtained by the difference in value between the multimeter and the microcontroller of 0.00840 V, and the scores fall in the range of values of the ADC module conversion error. SD Memory Card can be selected as a data logger for managing data storage easily
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Judul: Rancangan dan Uji Coba Otomatisasi Irigasi Kendi.
Abstrak: Development of science and technology today make automatic control have important role. It gives us ease to get performance in dynamic system. Automatic control be able to less routine work that operator always do. Automatic control tools have many kinds. Microcontroller ATMega328P is a kind of automatic control. The function is control and record data then save it. Automatic pitcher irrigation system constructions consist on hardware and software. Hardware consist on water level sensor and soil moisture sensor series, microcontroller, stackable SD card shield, real time clock, relay, battery and solenoid valve. Software is a program for microcontroller that used C/C++ language. Each sensor will be calibrated before use. Daily high water level and soil moisture data was data obtained. The data was obtained each 5 minutes. Data in microcontroller was obtained by record data on memory that was set in microcontroller. Calibration results express that microcontroller capability in monitoring high water level and soil moisture has high accuracy. Determination Coefficient calibration equation from the sensor is 0.955 for high water level sensor and 0.887 for soil moisture sensor. Furthermore, set point for control high water level is 5 cm for bottom margin and 14 cm for top margin.
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Judul: Distribution and Diversity of Ectoparasite Mites on Geckos in Indonesia
Abstrak: Data on the diversity and dispersal of parasitic mites on house geckos in Indonesia are very scarce. In this work, the distribution and diversity of mites living on three species of house geckos, namely Cosymbotus platyurus, Hemidactylus frenatus, and H. garnotii collected throughout Indonesia, has been elaborated. Geckos and mites were captured and immediately preserved in 70% ethanol. Whole mount of the mites was prepared by clearing in lactophenol followed by mounting on polyvinyl lactophenol solutions. The SEM preparation was conducted to examine the detail morphological characters of the mites. The results showed that among 448 individuals of geckos, 221 geckos were infected by Geckobia mites. Prevalences of C. platyurus, H. frenatus, and H. garnotii infested by mites were 14.8%, 50.69%, and 79.6%, respectively. Three different spesies of Geckobia (G1, G2, and G3) could be differentiated; and based on similarities of their morphological characters to ones described in published literatures, Geckobia G2 is Geckobia glebosum and Geckobia G3 is Geckobia bataviensis while G1 could not be identified to the species level. The highest mean intensity of Geckobia G1 infestation was found on H. garnotii (I=7.0), G. glebosum infestation on H. frenatus (I=3.5), and G. bataviensis infestation on H. garnotii (I=11.8). In general, C. platyurus was infested by the least number of mites. Geckobia G1 were found living on the skin folds on the claws, G. glebosum were found mainly on the body and thigh, and G. bataviensis were found on almost all parts of the host’s body. Geckobia mites are distributed randomly throughout Indonesian Archipelago, following the pattern of distribution of their hosts. So it is concluded that Geckobia G1, G. glebosum, and G. bataviensis are sympatric.
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