Sunday, May 31, 2015

OOP4SCADA // Thesis Concept (Own Thesis) : SCADA systems for localized monitoring and automation of agricultural infrastructure systems

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Thesis - Overview Concepts

  • Agricultural irrigation systems
    • Soil kinds
    • Root distribution
    • Plant (biotic) lifecycle
  • Pressurized irrigation systems
  • Irrigation flow processes
    • Pressurized systems: Filtering
    • Pressurized systems: Pressure  monitoring
    • Irrigation flow timing (on/off durations)
  • Irrigation Systems Power Supplies

Thesis - Naive Theory: Arduino + BBB
  • Arduino for agricultural irrigation - flow control & monitoring
    • Irrigation
      • Motor control
        • PWM
      • Motor type
      • Irrigation flow
    • Flow Rate Sensors
      • Alarm for underflow /underflow rate at any discrete time
        • Overflow: May indicate irrigation line or valve rupture
        • Underflow: May indicate irrigation line or valve obstruction
        • Monitoring system would have to be preprogrammed for 'acceptable' flow rates over time
        • Reporting system may utilize SDN, mobile push
      • Time-duration analysis
      • Agriculture
    • Remote reporting
      • What signal proto?
        • See also: BBB
  • Arduino for solar
  • BeagleBone Black (BBB)
    • TI AM35XX Sitara MCU
      • ARM Cortex architecture
      • PRU-ICSS x2 
        • I2C
        • Microprogramming
    • Board Interfaces
      • Ethernet
      • USB host
      • USB client//OTG
      • I2C (IO Headers)
      • SPI (IO Headers)
      • MicroSD
    • Board resources
      • eMMC
      • Pushbuttons
      • ...
    • BBB enclosures for outdoor applications
      • Environmental concern: Operating temperature
        • Direct solar energy
        • Ambient temperature inside and outside of enclosure
      • Environmental concern: Humidity in functional enclosure
        • Preciptation types - estimates varying over region and time
          • Fog
          • Rain
          • Snow
      • Functional concern: Power supply (solar?)
      • Functional concern: Network data transmittal
    • BBB & Solar
      • See also: Instructables; Arduino; PWM; Electrodynamics (inverter efficiency)
    • BBB & RF
      • Usage cases
        • Remote supervisory reporting, remote mechanical systems control, OOP4SCADA//AGGIE
        • Remote systems configuration and update OOP4SCADA//DIST
      • Limitations
        • Signal band, signal power, and modulation
          • Refer to regional guidelines for signal broadcast standards and limitations
            • US: FCC
        • TxRx Power
        • Regional availability of celluar phone towers as limiting factor for M2M hardware applications
      • See also
        • AX.25
        • ...
  • Convenient modeling tools for systems design and systems maintenance
    • Garden plots / field plots
    • Drip systems models
      • Parts by manufacturer
      • STEP product data interchange
    • Control panel
      • Alarms
      • Flow reporting
      • Flow reprogramming
    • Shop (maint) panel
      • Parts lists
      • Invoices



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