Lab Assignment 13 (Case Study 8)
(IT 52 Electricity and Electronics Class; Professor Mahalik)
Demonstrate knowledge of electricity and electronics and apply them to automated control such as Frost Control and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
To Do
In this Lab Assignment (LA) you will write a Paper/Article on “Frost Control and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Electronics” (500-700 words).
The following aspects must be included in your Paper. You may use Prompt file to answer the following.
1. What is Frost Control and where does it happen? (100 words)
2. How can the problem (frost on the crops) be solved? (100 words)
3. Systems used for Frost Control (100 words)
4. What is SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) (100 words)
5. What are the basic components used in SCADA Systems (100 words)
Some of the Website References are mentioned below. You may use other sites.
Frost Control
https://prezi.com/afegziqwup3o/frost-protection-and-citrus-plants/
http://biomet.ucdavis.edu/frostprotection/Principles%20of%20Frost%20Protection/FP005.html
https://spinwave.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/cranberry-frost-protection-using-wireless-sensors/
http://citrusresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/frost_issue.pdf
SCADA
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/158/supervisory-control-and-data-acquisition-scada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA