Compostagem associada a automação: uma análise das potencialidades e resultados das duas técnicas aplicada em uma horta experimental no campus de Picos

Abstract

Automation is the term used to define self-regulating mechanisms, that is, mechanisms that operate performing tasks and corrections independently, without human interference, in industry, for example, this feature is widely used together with other tools, such as artificial intelligence. for production and quality control. To obtain this result, a software is designed to control the physical part (hardware), performing interaction between ordered steps to be executed, and this software/hardware relationship is responsible for automating the processes, which can be repeated indefinitely, or be improved and adapted, thus opening up a wide range of possibilities (ROSÁRIO, 2009). We believe that it is the role of public educational institutions to develop research, extension, workshops and whatever else is necessary to make the use of activities such as automation, which initially has its complexity, accessible to all social groups, from large institutions to economically fragile groups. In this way, an experimental garden was produced, which had its irrigation automated, also receiving controlled application of biofertilizer, being ready to be replicated at low cost, and the analysis of the results pointed to improvements that should be associated with the project to reduce consumption of water, disconnection from the internet network, among other aspects. In terms of the technology chosen, the Arduino platform is an electronic prototyping device based on an open-source structure, that is, it has an open-source structure, allowing free access and code manipulation. Arduino is based on hardware with a microcontroller that connects to the computer through a serial or USB port. Later, the Arduino, due to technical problems, was replaced by ESP32