Project Demonstration

The UAV Agricultural Data Acquisition System is a two part system where the two sub-units are called: Soil Data Monitoring Probe (SDMP) and the Airborne Data Acquisition System (ADAS). These two units in total make up the whole of our project. The system’s purpose is to plant SDMPs across a field where the SDMPs would then gather soil parameters via the use of the probes. This data is recorded and saved on the on board microSD card, then later transferred to the ADAS unit via RF when the information is requested. The ADAS—in short—is a small piece of electronics that weighs as little as eleven ounces and is capable of being mounted on almost all commercially available drones or UAVs. This unit is primarily used to stamp each SDMP with a GPS location and to retrieve the information that the SDMP has collected.

The Team