Precision Farming Equipment detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Agri Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of precision farming equipment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ROLE OF ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Role of electronics in agricultural engineering for precision agriculture. Basics of precision agriculture, tools for implementation of precision agriculture. Introduction of GIS/GPS positioning system for precision farming. Use of GIS and GPS in farm machinery and equipment.
Unit II
SENSORS, MICROCONTROLLER AND ACTUATOR FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE Types of sensor- principle and concept of different sensor like ultrasonic, proximity, PIR, IR, radar, pressure, gas, temperature, moisture, strain /weight, colour sensor etc. used in agriculture. Microcontroller: Arduino, Raspberry Pi and PLC Actuator : DC Motor, Pump, linear Actuator etc. -Basic input circuits and signal conditioning systems – amplifiers and filters.
Unit III
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Unit IV
SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Site-specific nutrient management- weeds —management- Agro-chemicals and fertilizer management, data sources and decision making for site-specific management. Grain quality and yield. Yield monitoring and mapping, soil sampling and analysis.
Unit V
UNMANNED VEHICLES AND IOT IN AGRICULTURE UAV -Drones- Types – applications – rules and regulations – Autonomous ground vehicles -Robotics- platforms and unmanned agricultural vehicles- IoT – crop yield estimates- threat identification- crop insurance-pesticides spraying, environmental monitoring- protected cultivationfood quality monitoring etc,
Text Books:
- Brase, T.A. 2006. Precision Agriculture. Thomson Delmar Learning, New York.
- Hermann, J.H. 2013. Precision in Crop Farming, Site Specific Concepts and Sensing Methods: Applications and Results. Springer, Netherlands.
- Krishna, K. R. 2016. Push Button Agriculture Robotics, Drones, Satellite-Guided Soil and Crop Management. Apple Academic Press
- Srivastava,A K., Carroll E.G., Roger P. R. and Dennis R.B.2006. Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, USA.
- Zhang, Q. 2015. Precision Agriculture Technology for Crop Farming. CRC Press, New York.
- Kepner, R.A., Bainer, R. and Berger, E.L. 1978. Principles of Farm Machinery.AVI Publ.
- Sahay, K.M. and Singh, K.K. 1994. Unit Operation of Agricultural Processing. Vikas Publ. House.
- Michael, A.M. 2007. Irrigation: Theory and Practice. Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Rai G.D. 1994. Non-conventional sources of energy. Khanna Publishers, Delhi
Course Outcomes:
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