Smart Automatic Black Pepper Drying Tray with IoT Using Wemos

Abstract

Due to Malaysia's unpredictable weather, farmers find it difficult to complete their work of drying pepper in a day. Existing drying machines are either inefficient or difficult to install and maintain during the drying pepper process. In contrast to the United States, where electric drying is mostly used, roughly 16 billion kW, or 5.8% of total residential power use, is consumed annually. If we compare this electricity usage rate to that of Malaysia, farmers won't be able to pay it. The concept used in the smart black pepper platform is ergonomic which can facilitate the way people work in agriculture. This smart black pepper platform is equipped with smart sensor system to detect rain, weather, sunlight with automation control in order to reduce manpower consumption. The design and prototype for a smart platform for drying black pepper in wet conditions are displayed in this capstone project. The smart black pepper drying tray is made up of the drying rack frame, the linear actuator, sensors, and motor controls, as well as the cover curtain mechanism. Depending on the atmosphere, the gear-chain mechanism in the drying rack frame releases and exposes the black pepper. This document outlines the design development procedures, prototype development, prototype testing outcomes and analysis, as well as some recommendations for future work.