Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants
Livestock farming is responsible for producing much of the animal protein that humans consume. Estimates of significant growth in the world population over the years highlight a demand not only for the expansion of animal production but also for an increase in livestock efficiency. To achieve this,...
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| author | Geraldo Loyola Baiôco Fábio Luiz Bertotti André Luis Finkler da Silveira João Ari Gualberto Hill |
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| description | Livestock farming is responsible for producing much of the animal protein that humans consume. Estimates of significant growth in the world population over the years highlight a demand not only for the expansion of animal production but also for an increase in livestock efficiency. To achieve this, one of the essential factors is improving the nutrition process, with the analysis of the ingestive behavior of ruminants being essential. Therefore, this work presents the development of a system for acquiring, storing, and transmitting signals from a pressure sensor for monitoring and evaluating masticatory movements in ruminants. This system employs a pressure sensor to obtain signals relating to chewing movement. A microcontroller acquires these signals at a sampling frequency of 100 Hz, and the resulting data are transmitted to a smartphone via Bluetooth and stored in a memory card for later analysis. Preliminary bench tests were carried out with the system installed on a full-size prototyped bovine head. Compression movements were applied to a silicone tube, causing pressure variations in the sensor. By transmitting the data to a smartphone via Bluetooth, it was possible to check the signal, adjust the gain of the instrumentation amplifier, and achieve the best positioning of the silicone tube in the mouthpiece. By reading the data recorded on a memory card, it was possible to obtain the signal profile, graphically demonstrating that the signal corresponds to the typical profile for this type of sensor.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebc4a71cc11240a893d97bf2eba248d92025-02-02T19:53:37ZengUniversidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences2527-10752024-06-0110510.18540/jcecvl10iss5pp19060Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminantsGeraldo Loyola Baiôco0Fábio Luiz Bertotti1André Luis Finkler da Silveira2João Ari Gualberto Hill3Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Pato Branco, BrazilUniversidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Pato Branco, BrazilInstituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná - IDR-PR, BrazilInstituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná - IDR-PR, BrazilLivestock farming is responsible for producing much of the animal protein that humans consume. Estimates of significant growth in the world population over the years highlight a demand not only for the expansion of animal production but also for an increase in livestock efficiency. To achieve this, one of the essential factors is improving the nutrition process, with the analysis of the ingestive behavior of ruminants being essential. Therefore, this work presents the development of a system for acquiring, storing, and transmitting signals from a pressure sensor for monitoring and evaluating masticatory movements in ruminants. This system employs a pressure sensor to obtain signals relating to chewing movement. A microcontroller acquires these signals at a sampling frequency of 100 Hz, and the resulting data are transmitted to a smartphone via Bluetooth and stored in a memory card for later analysis. Preliminary bench tests were carried out with the system installed on a full-size prototyped bovine head. Compression movements were applied to a silicone tube, causing pressure variations in the sensor. By transmitting the data to a smartphone via Bluetooth, it was possible to check the signal, adjust the gain of the instrumentation amplifier, and achieve the best positioning of the silicone tube in the mouthpiece. By reading the data recorded on a memory card, it was possible to obtain the signal profile, graphically demonstrating that the signal corresponds to the typical profile for this type of sensor. https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/19060Pressure sensorSignal acquisitionMicrocontrolllerPrecision farmingIngestive behavior |
| spellingShingle | Geraldo Loyola Baiôco Fábio Luiz Bertotti André Luis Finkler da Silveira João Ari Gualberto Hill Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences Pressure sensor Signal acquisition Microcontrolller Precision farming Ingestive behavior |
| title | Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| title_full | Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| title_fullStr | Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| title_short | Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| title_sort | development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants |
| topic | Pressure sensor Signal acquisition Microcontrolller Precision farming Ingestive behavior |
| url | https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/19060 |
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