Zapper with microcontroller for meat products
College
Gokongwei College of Engineering
Department/Unit
Electronics And Communications Engg
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source Title
1st National Conference of Computer Engineers of the Philippines
Publication Date
10-2012
Abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the Zapper with microcontroller to meat products to prove that it can significantly decrease E. coli bacteria. The Hulda Clark Zapper, individually produces an output of positive offset voltage and is basically used for curing sicknesses in humans. A load cell sensor was used to get the input weight and an instrumentation amplifier AD620 was used to amplify the signal of the load cell. The load cell output will correspond to a designated weight input that is programmed in the microcontroller. The PIC16F877A microcontroller was used to vary the input power, with the help of relays, relay drivers, and voltage regulators of the zapper. The two types of testing, namely Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (QPCR) for the microscopy testing and Fluorescence spectroscopy, were used to prove the bacteria killing that both produced excellent results in terms of bacteria elimination.
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Recommended Citation
Gonzales, J. S., Robles, R. C., Ubana, D. B., & Gutierrez, M. O. (2012). Zapper with microcontroller for meat products. 1st National Conference of Computer Engineers of the Philippines Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6244
Disciplines
Controls and Control Theory
Keywords
Microcontrollers; Bacteriology—Equipment and supplies; Meat—Microbiology; Escherichia coli
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