Chick brooder - Revision history

TheInventurers: /* PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth */

2017-04-20T18:03:38Z

‎PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth

TheInventurers: /* PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth */

2017-04-20T18:01:47Z

‎PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth

TheInventurers: /* PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth */

2017-04-20T17:58:41Z

‎PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth

TheInventurers: /* Design Components */

2017-04-20T17:49:05Z

‎Design Components

TheInventurers: /* PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth */

2017-04-20T17:46:01Z

‎PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth

TheInventurers: /* Requirements */

2017-04-20T17:43:34Z

‎Requirements

TheInventurers: /* Brainstorming: */

2017-04-20T17:38:48Z

‎Brainstorming:

TheInventurers at 17:22, 21 March 2017

2017-03-21T17:22:22Z

TheInventurers: /* Timeline */

2017-03-16T18:39:12Z

‎Timeline

TheInventurers: /* Timeline */

2017-03-16T18:38:58Z

‎Timeline

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 ===Creating the Light Fixture Holding===
-[[File:ChickPlywood.jpg|thumb]]
+<div align="center">[[File:ChickPlywood.jpg|350px]]</div>
 We purchased a 4'x4' plywood with a 5/8'' thickness. The hole placement was done based off the schematics above and the hole size is dependent on the size of the light socket.

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 ===Schematics===
-[[File:FinalSchematics3D.png|500px]] [[File:FinalSchematics2D.png|500px]]
+[[File:FinalSchematics3D.png|400px]] [[File:FinalSchematics2D.png|400px]]
 *Note: The filled in red circle spaces indicate heat lamps that are always on. Unfilled circles indicate lights that will turn on and off according to temperature.
-===Creating the Final Project Design===
+===Creating the Light Fixture Holding===
-[[File:ChickPlywood.jpg|500px]]
+[[File:ChickPlywood.jpg|thumb]]
 ==PHASE TWO: Consistent source of water==

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 [[File:FinalSchematics3D.png|500px]] [[File:FinalSchematics2D.png|500px]]
 *Note: The filled in red circle spaces indicate heat lamps that are always on. Unfilled circles indicate lights that will turn on and off according to temperature.
 ==PHASE TWO: Consistent source of water==

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 ALERTS should be developed to notify the farmer if conditions get outside set parameters (such as in the case of an equipment malfunction - like where bulbs burn out or a circuit-breaker fails or if cold overwhelms the system - like if a door were left open.
-====Design Components====
+====Electrical Design Components====
 *[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13815 Relay]
 *[https://store.particle.io/#photon Particle Photon]
 *[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/245 Dallas Temperature Sensor]
 ====Phone Applicaton====

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 Measuring temperature could be done a few ways - normally farmers do this visually - by observing the chicks behavior, chicks that are cold will bunch very tightly together under the heat source, chicks that are hot will be clustered in the corners away from the source - just right is a loose bunch.
 ALERTS should be developed to notify the farmer if conditions get outside set parameters (such as in the case of an equipment malfunction - like where bulbs burn out or a circuit-breaker fails or if cold overwhelms the system - like if a door were left open.
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 *[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/245 Dallas Temperature Sensor]
-====Suggestions for Phone App====
+====Phone Applicaton====
-*IFTTT (If This Then That)
+*IFTTT (If This Then That): does user-specified actions according to events
-*Blynk
+*Particle: connects the particle photon to your phone
-*explore using particle.publish and the particle app
 ====Coding for Photon/Arduino====

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 Connects to a photon that measures the temperature of the brooder. It periodically sends temperature recordings to the app so the user can remotely check on the chick’s status. If the temperature is not at an ideal setting, the user can also remotely adjust this to their liking.
-==Requirements==
+==Design Requirements==
-The brooder should be made of a 4' x 4' sheet of plywood designed to hang from the ceiling of the brooder room. It should ultimately have a heat reflective underside and cutouts for light fixtures. It could have a skirt made from reflective & insulative mylar that hangs down 12" all around. bonus points if If it could be designed to utilize two different power sources for redundancy incase of a circuit breaker overload.
+*The product must be able to hold and maintain at least a few hundred chicks
+*The size will be at least a 4' x 4' plywood
-===Design Requirements:===
+*Plywood should contain light fixtures and hang from the ceiling of the brooder room
-The product must be able to hold and maintain at least a few hundred chicks.
+*Structure should be circular shape in order to properly distribute the heat evenly and to prevent certain regions, such as a corner, from not receiving proper heating
-*The size will be at least 4 feet across.
+*The hanging element should be curved so that the light resides at the apex of the curve to distribute the heat throughout and force it to the edges of the ring
-*Structure should be circular shape in order to properly distribute the heat evenly and to prevent certain regions, such as a corner, from not receiving proper heating.
+*The device must also be remotely controlled through a phone app so that it and other similar devices can be monitored from a distance
-*The hanging element should be curved so that the light resides at the apex of the curve to distribute the heat throughout and force it to the edges of the ring.
+*Insulative & reflective skirt to protect board from heat
-*The device must also be remotely controlled through a phone app so that it and other similar devices can be monitored from a distance.
+*Connected to a power source
-<br/>
+*Utilize two different power sources in case of a circuit break overload
-Costs: $375 <br/>
-Dimensions: Circular shape, with a diameter of at least 4 feet; in addition to hanging light fixture, circular ring for chicks <br/>
-Weight: No particular bounds- as light as possible <br/>
-Power Usage: Connected to the power source in the barn <br/>
-Materials: Lights, acrylic/wood, arduino- particle photon <br/>
-Location: Jacob’s Farm in Boulder, Colorado- In a shed/barn <br/>
-User: Andre Houssney-Organic Farmer <br/>
 ==PHASE ONE: Consistent source of warmth==

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 [[File:Brooder Projects Sketch.jpg|thumbnail]]
-The first idea that we had is the heat transfer for chicks, which goal is to keep the chicks warm and have a great environment for growth. Also, we are using a lamp heat as tool for that. In addition to that heat lamp has both pros and cons. One of the advantages is, chicks can have the same environment as the real chicken brooders, including one of the most important factors which is temperature that will keep them surviving, disregarding the outside temperatures. Moreover, as there advantages there are disadvantages, one of the cons of heat lamp is the uneven distribution of temperature throughout the brooders, which will makes it difficult to measure the temperature.
+During the initial design phase, we considered two main ways of heating the chicken area: surface heater and heat lamp. The temperature of both would be recorded and adjustable through a mobile application.
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-Another great idea that we had for this project is the surface heater which is helps to measure the temperature throughout the brooder evenly, versus the heat lamp we won't. In addition, it might be difficult for chicks to adjust the new temperature that they got used to in the real borders.
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-Another great idea that supports the solutions for our  project is a phone app. The way that the phone app works is connecting the photon that measures the temperature of the brooder. By taking the temperatures recordings periodically, as well as it sends an updates to the app so that the user can access remotely the status of the current temperature. On top of that, in case the temperature is not the same as it supposed to be, the user can remotely adjust the temperature by using the app without going to the chicks location.
 =====Heat Lamp=====

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	Using an embedded micro controller, such as the [https://store.particle.io/#photon Particle Photon] will enable a brooder to automatically control elements of the brooder environment and provide better care for chicks, while simultaneously reducing the burden on the farmer by providing alerts when things are not going right - this will improve the results and profitability of small-scale chicken rearing and improve the viability of sustainable, high-animal-welfare, alternatives to destructive [[CAFO]] confinement operations.		Using an embedded micro controller, such as the [https://store.particle.io/#photon Particle Photon] will enable a brooder to automatically control elements of the brooder environment and provide better care for chicks, while simultaneously reducing the burden on the farmer by providing alerts when things are not going right - this will improve the results and profitability of small-scale chicken rearing and improve the viability of sustainable, high-animal-welfare, alternatives to destructive [[CAFO]] confinement operations.
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	==Background/ Client Info:==		==Background/ Client Info:==

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	*Expo - April 29, 2017 (need to have chicks available)		*Expo - April 29, 2017 (need to have chicks available)

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 ==Timeline==
 [[File:Brooder Timeline.png|1250px]]
-[[File:Timeline2.png|1250px]]
 *Expo - April 29, 2017 (need to have chicks available)