Design of weight grader for pineapple

There are five types of pineapple in Malaysia which are Sarawak, Josapine, Morris, Gandol and N36. Each type of pineapple can be classified according to their weight classification such as S, M and L based on weight range set by Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA). The main objective of t...

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Main Authors: Ishak, Asnor Juraiza, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Wan Hassan, Wan Zuha, Zulkefli, Nurnazeera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18189/1/Design%20of%20weight%20grader%20for%20pineapple.pdf
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author Ishak, Asnor Juraiza
Shamsudin, Rosnah
Wan Hassan, Wan Zuha
Zulkefli, Nurnazeera
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description There are five types of pineapple in Malaysia which are Sarawak, Josapine, Morris, Gandol and N36. Each type of pineapple can be classified according to their weight classification such as S, M and L based on weight range set by Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA). The main objective of this project is to design a weight grader for pineapple that is portable, which means it is applicable for both indoor and outdoor usage. This weight grader is basically for small scale industries farmers to grade the fresh harvest pineapple which is currently done manually. In the design, we use Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller to process the input from electromechanical load cell and compute the weight and grade of the pineapple. Then, the output of weight and grade measurement will be displayed on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) display respectively. Data transferring system is also developed in order to store the information of the total weighed and graded pineapple. As a conclusion, this weight grader is suitable to be used by small scale industries, replacing the manual grading process by accurately weighing and grading the pineapples.
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spelling upm.eprints-181892015-09-21T06:19:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18189/ Design of weight grader for pineapple Ishak, Asnor Juraiza Shamsudin, Rosnah Wan Hassan, Wan Zuha Zulkefli, Nurnazeera There are five types of pineapple in Malaysia which are Sarawak, Josapine, Morris, Gandol and N36. Each type of pineapple can be classified according to their weight classification such as S, M and L based on weight range set by Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA). The main objective of this project is to design a weight grader for pineapple that is portable, which means it is applicable for both indoor and outdoor usage. This weight grader is basically for small scale industries farmers to grade the fresh harvest pineapple which is currently done manually. In the design, we use Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller to process the input from electromechanical load cell and compute the weight and grade of the pineapple. Then, the output of weight and grade measurement will be displayed on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) display respectively. Data transferring system is also developed in order to store the information of the total weighed and graded pineapple. As a conclusion, this weight grader is suitable to be used by small scale industries, replacing the manual grading process by accurately weighing and grading the pineapples. Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18189/1/Design%20of%20weight%20grader%20for%20pineapple.pdf Ishak, Asnor Juraiza and Shamsudin, Rosnah and Wan Hassan, Wan Zuha and Zulkefli, Nurnazeera (2013) Design of weight grader for pineapple. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 10 (2). pp. 82-89. ISSN 1823-1039 http://www.ijet.feiic.org/index.php/volume-10-2013
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