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This project aims to help cotton farmers to reduce there pesticide cost by automating Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to provide advisiories
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What is Pest Hack ?
This is a smart pest monitoring system designed to help farmers detect and control pink bollworm infestations early and effectively. It combines pheromone traps with smart sensor devices and a mobile app, creating an affordable, connected ecosystem for real-time pest tracking.
Device which will be attached to the pheromone trap.
Its function is to count the no. of moths.
It is the central device which communicates with farmers app and also with trap attachment
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Smartphone app that helps in communicating with the system and help farmers with advisory.
How does it work ?
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Device gets mounted at the base of the pheromone trap via press fit.
Central device bridges the gap between attachment and the app. It receives the information from the trap and sends it to the app.
App brings down complex information into applicable step by step instructive advisory.
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Our smart pest monitoring system uses pheromone traps enhanced with small, low-powered devices that automatically count pink bollworms.
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These devices form a connected network using Bluetooth (BLE), where only one main device talks directly to your smartphone.
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The rest quietly share their data with it.
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The mobile app helps you place traps correctly, track worm activity in real time, and gives you alerts, reports, and expert advice—so you can take the right action at the right time, without guesswork.
Connecting the System
Onboarding the user and adding central device to connecting trap attachments, so that the system works in sync.
Information Architecture
Process
I started by understanding how farmers currently use pheromone traps and the challenges they face in manually monitoring pink bollworm activity. After identifying the cost and connectivity limitations of placing devices on every trap, we designed a BLE mesh system where low-powered devices communicate locally and sync data through a single central hub to the farmer's smartphone. Through iterative thinking around usability, placement, language, and real-world field conditions, we shaped a hardware-software solution that is both scalable and farmer-friendly.
Context
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Secondary Research
Using journals, reports, academic papers, statistics, newpapers, opinion pieces, and publications, literature reviews have been conducted to gather information.
Studying Cotton and Pest Growth
Understanding Pheromone trap
Understanding IPM
(Integrated Pest Management)
Insights
Primary Research
Precedent Study
Insights from Precedent Study
Final Design Brief
"Designing the semi-automated pheromone trap attachment for the medium to large cotton farm land owners for detecting , monitoring , data logging and to help farmers make informed decisions."
Technology Exploration
To automate and keep the cost low, explorations with sensors for testing various counting methods, with different sensors came different challenges , overall the function was given immense direction as to how the product might shape.
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