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MONITORING AND CONTROL OF GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT UTILISING A TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TMS 990/10 MINICOMPUTER
Article number
106_9
Pages
67 – 76
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Abstract
The programme of research on monitoring and controlling greenhouse environment is described and the earlier development of a microprocessor monitoring and control system is reported.
Reasons are given for the termination of this development in favour of the purchase of a minicomputer, programmable in a high level language.
Reasons are given for the termination of this development in favour of the purchase of a minicomputer, programmable in a high level language.
The logging and controlling requirements are described and an outline specification given for the computer and its peripherals.
Reasons are given for the choice of a high level language in preference to assembly or machine codes.
Authors
G.S. Weaving, R.P. Hoxey
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