Printed Sensor based Weight Measuring Platform for Remote Real Time Beehive Weight Tracking

基于印刷传感器的重量测量平台，用于远程实时蜂箱重量跟踪

• 批准号: 528820-2018
• 负责人: Bhadra, Sharmistha
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=645400
• 关键词: Printed; Sensor; based; Weight; Measuring

It is crucial to monitor beehive parameters to evaluate the lives of honeybees, ensure the health of beehives and**avoid diseases. Technologies Nectar Inc. is designing and producing sensors-based devices to collect data**relating to the bees colonies health for commercial applications. Their current devices collect beehive**temperature, relative humidity and swarming sound. One of their goal is to measure beehive weight which is an**important parameter. Usually, commercial beekeepers and beehive sensor providers use a weight scale or load**cell to measure the beehive weight. These solutions are expensive and not easy to manipulate because of being**heavy and bulky. In this project, we aim to design and develop an ergonomic weight sensing platform that will**be able measure the beehive weight and wirelessly transmit it to the beekeeper's personal device in real time.**The beehive weight monitoring system will be based on four screen printed capacitive pressure sensors placed**at the four different corners underneath the complete beehive. Each pressure sensor will have a parallel plate**structure where a dielectric layer will be sandwiched between two overlapping conducting electrodes. The**flexible dielectric material will be deformed according to the load applied on the capacitor. Because of**deformation, the distance between the conductor electrodes will vary changing the capacitance between the**them. The pressure sensors will be will be integrated with read out and communication electronics to wirelessly**send the weight measurements to a gateway to further transmit them to the Cloud Nectar. The proposed weight**sensing platform will be lightweight, small in size, user friendly, low cost and easy to setup and will eliminate**the need of beekeepers to measure the hive weight with expensive, heavy and bulky devices.

监测蜂巢参数以评估蜜蜂的生命，确保蜂巢的健康和**避免疾病至关重要。 Technologies Nectar Inc.正在设计和生产基于传感器的设备，以收集与商业应用的蜜蜂殖民地健康有关的数据。他们目前的设备收集蜂箱**温度，相对湿度和蜂群的声音。他们的目标之一是测量蜂巢重量，这是一个重要的参数。通常，商业养蜂人和蜂巢传感器提供商使用重量尺度或负载**来测量蜂巢重量。这些解决方案很昂贵，由于“沉重又笨重”，这些解决方案不容易操纵。在这个项目中，我们旨在设计和开发一个符合人体工程学的重量传感平台，该平台将**能够实时测量蜂巢重量并无线传输到养蜂人的个人设备。丝网印刷的电容压力传感器**在完整蜂箱下方的四个不同角处。每个压力传感器将具有平行板**结构，其中将介电层夹在两个重叠的电极之间。 **柔性介电材料将根据电容器上施加的负载变形。由于**变形，导体电极之间的距离将改变**之间的电容。压力传感器将与读取和通信电子设备进行集成，以无线的方式**将重量测量结果发送到网关，以将其进一步传输到云花蜜。拟议的重量**传感平台将轻巧，尺寸较小，用户友好，低成本且易于设置，并且会消除养蜂人以昂贵，笨重和笨重的设备来测量蜂巢重量。