Construcción de un prototipo electrónico inteligente para la incubación artificial de huevos.

Abstract

A prototype of an automated incubator has been developed for different species of birds, with a maximum capacity of 117 eggs for large birds or 468 eggs for small birds. The prototype has been divided into five fundamental stages. The selection, entry, and visualization stage offers users the ability to choose the type of bird to incubate, adjust the parameters through an intuitive interface, and view if the process has started. The parameter control and storage stage, controlled by a microprocessor, is responsible for processing the data provided by the sensor stage such as temperature, humidity, air quality, and level of the water tank of the humidification system, to send the respective actions to the actuator stage, which conditions the incubator for the incubation process. The monitoring stage is made up of a mobile application that receives the process parameters through a database. The last stage represents the power supply of the incubator prototype, in which the conventional 110AC network is presented as well as a DC voltage power source for the different electronic elements. The results show successful hatching of birds, supported by performance tests and daily photographic monitoring of embryonic development. It is concluded that this automated incubator prototype works and is effective in terms of results; the tests carried out validate the precision of the sensors, the stability of the prototype, and the control of the parameters. It is recommended to continue with the proposed research to obtain new results about the prototype, in addition to promoting different lines of research, such as the conservation of wild birds.