The Foginator project is a fully functional greenhouse system that utilizes a new growing technique referred to as Fogponics. \u00a0Fogponics is a mix between aeroponics and hydroponics. \u00a0The Fogponics idea was created in attempt to start a new way of farming that can be done vertically instead of horizontally.<\/p>\n
Before going into much detail on the project i would like to introduce you to the Foginator team. \u00a0Our team consists of three members. \u00a0The first is Tj Thomas, who is a circuits expert that is currently attending the University of Scranton for his undergrad in electrical engineer. \u00a0The next team member is Nathan Williams. \u00a0Nate is a gifted mechanical mind and is a wiz at implementing and integrating projects. \u00a0Nate is also going to school for his undergrad for electrical engineering at the University of Scranton. \u00a0The final member of our group is myself. \u00a0I am currently attending the University of Scranton for electrical engineering. \u00a0As a hobby over the last break, i built and interfaced an RC car to an iPhone app. \u00a0With these our backgrounds in mind the next task was to breakdown the project into sections and decide who would tackle each task.<\/p>\n
The project was broken down into three main tasks; The structure, the sensing, and the communication. \u00a0 We decided that Nate should tackle the structure of the project which consists of making the greenhouse and also finding a way to deliver fog to the plants. \u00a0We choose Nate for this aspect, because his background made him best suited to finish this portion of the project. \u00a0TJ was tasked with\u00a0the sensors aspect of the project. \u00a0This consists of reading and storing the data that is needed in order to control the conditions within the greenhouse environment. \u00a0Some of these sensors include lighting levels, humidity, and various temperature levels. \u00a0With the structure and the sensing aspects of the project underway this left the communication aspect for myself. \u00a0The communication system we decided on was an Android device that would allow an individual to read the sensor from an easy to use app. \u00a0The application will also allow a user to override the individual \u00a0components of the structure. \u00a0This involves the lighting, drains, and airflow of the structure.<\/p>\n
So far, the project is moving along very smoothly. \u00a0The box is mostly assembled with sensors in place as well as the fogers and fans. \u00a0The circuitry was recently soldered and mounted within the bottom chamber and wired together. \u00a0For the IEEE Student Activities Conference the app was changed to a webpage that was hosted on the Raspberry Pi. \u00a0The Website allows a picture to update every 30 seconds as well as a list of various sensor data in a table that contains
\n|sensor names | sensor values| sensor units |
\nThis was a nice easy way to breakdown the project, however we would still like a way to update the sensor values from within the webpage itself.<\/p>\n
The project received a 2nd place award out of 20 schools that attended.<\/p>\n
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To read more about this project visit the Fogponics link to see our projects website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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