Construction of an automatic egg Hatching Incubator System

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to design and develop an egg incubator system that is able to incubate eggs from chicken, ducks, and goose. This system is called the Automated Egg Incubator (AEI). This project is eco-friendly, which uses as much as possible recyclable material is thrown away. AEI will control the temperature and humidity. AEI also has a sensor that can monitor the incubator conditions. For the heating element in this project. We use the light bulb to provide a suitable temperature to the egg.A thermostat will be used to control the temperature inside the incubator. Water will be used to maintain the humidity inside AEI. An air pump will be used to make sure the air circulates inside AEI, this will make the humidity inside the incubator evenly spread. If the eggs are hatched, the buzzer that is installed with an incubator circuit will sound to indicate that there is a movement of chicks or ducklings. The movement can be detected by using the ultrasonic sensor, Solenoid is used in order to turn the eggs. The purpose of moving the egg is to prevent the yolk inside the egg from attaching to the eggshell/skin. There is one element that will be controlled using a programmable integrated circuit (PIC), which displays the status condition of AEI on the LCK screen display. This project will be a user-friendly product because it is produced in small sizes and can be moved to other places with minimal user handling. Keywords: Egg Incubator, Module temperature controller, XM-18