This book, Arduino IX: Edge Control for Remote, Smart Agriculture explores applications in the rapidly evolving world of precision farming in smart agriculture and other related industries. The Arduino Team indicates the Arduino Edge Control is useful in the target areas of agriculture measurements, smart irrigation systems, and hydroponics. We explore these and other related concepts throughout the book. An understanding of basic circuit theory is an appropriate prerequisite for the book. The three main goals for the book are: explore accessible Arduino edge control products, learn the fundamentals of programming the Edge Control and its associated coprocessors the MKR WiFi 1010 and the MKR WAN 1310 using the Arduino IDE, and explore related sensors and interface concepts. We use multiple examples throughout the book and conclude with an instrumented smart greenhouse project.
Smart Agriculture and Getting Started.- Arduino Edge Control.- Arduino
Edge Control Power and Interfacing.- Articial Intelligence and Machine
Learning.- Applications in Smart Agriculture.
Steven F. Barrett, Ph.D., P.E. received the BS Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1979, the M.E.E.E. from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1986, and the Ph.D. Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He was formally an active duty faculty member at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado and is now the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Wyoming and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a member of IEEE (Life Senior) and Tau Beta Pi (chief faculty advisor). His research interests include digital and analog image processing, computer-assisted laser surgery, and embedded controller systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wyoming and Colorado. He co-wrote with Dr. Daniel Pack several textbooks on microcontrollers and embedded systems. In 2004, Barrett was named ``Wyoming Professor of the Year'' by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement ofTeaching and in 2008 was the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Professional Engineers in Higher Education, Engineering Education Excellence Award.
