Smart security, food and environment monitoring system for cows using microcontroller

Abstract

Health and security for cows have been an alarming concern over the South-Asian countries as many people depend on cows for a living. Cows are used for various purposes. For example: It can be used for milk production, crop farming and meat production. It is evident that the health of cows depend on what they eat and where they eat. Many measures can assess the quality of the food. One such way of providing reliable food is by the measurement of pH and temperature of the food. The environment in which the cows stay has significant effects in the wellbeing of the cows. Foot diseases can occur if the cows stay near its own dung for too long. Sadly, no farm takes any measurements during the provision of food. Moreover, farms neither check the environmental conditions nor do they maintain it regularly. Furthermore, the security of cows inside the farm is very tough to maintain, as constant labor need to keep eyes on the cows. Our system looks after the health of cows by measuring pH and temperature of food. It keeps the environment clean by spraying water on the farm at regular intervals of time and security is kept in check by detecting whether the cows have crossed the gate of the farm. The system does all these processes automatically by using pH, temperature, RFID sensors, Arduino micro-controllers, water pump and a 9V battery to power up the pump.