Evaluation of Wireless Technologies for an Embedded Camera-based Pest Monitoring System

  • Leonard J. Zurek
  • , Amin Kargar
  • , Brendan O'Flynn
  • , David Niederprüm
  • , Lars Wolf
  • , Dimitrios Zorbas

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Abstract

Thorough pest monitoring is essential for sustainable farming. Wide monitoring coverage can support farmers in maintaining abundant harvests while pesticides are reduced and used more efficiently. Various research projects studied the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to establish smart farming. These devices can gather a vast amount of data to assist the detection of pests. However, when working on remote fields many constraints such as limited cellular coverage and absence of power supply are present. Thus, high computational tasks cannot natively be performed on the fields. To overcome some of these constraints, an embedded camera-based trap system has been developed to detect one particular type of pest: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB). To leverage the usage of this system, this paper presents an evaluation of commercially available radio modules for the wireless technologies: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LoRa, and IEEE 802.15.4. In order to place this system anywhere on the orchard, we analyze the transmission range and reliability for image transmission. The preliminary experiments show that although commercially available radio modules are often easier to integrate due to an additional Microcontroller Unit (MCU) managing the communication, additional power consumption can have great affect on the systems' battery lifetime.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, MetroAgriFor 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages449-454
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350312720
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, MetroAgriFor 2023 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: 6 Nov 20238 Nov 2023

Publication series

Name2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, MetroAgriFor 2023 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, MetroAgriFor 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period6/11/238/11/23

Keywords

  • Autonomous monitoring
  • BLE
  • Halyomor-pha halys
  • Hardware Evaluation
  • IEEE 802.15.4
  • IoT trap
  • LoRa

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