Rancangbangun Sistem Pengendalian Tuas Pengendali Implemen untuk Otomatisasi Traktor.

Abstract

Modern farming is indicated by the use of agricultural tools and machines that substitute human labor. In the process of land preparation, planting, plant preservation, and harvesting, the use of human labor has been reduced and replaced by agricultural machines. The objective of this research was to modify the implement control system for automatic land plowing. The design was using a sprocket-chain mechanism that was connected to the control lever, there after the lever could be moved in back and forward directions. The sprocket was rotated by a DC motor that was controlled by a micro controller passing through H-Bridge device, thereby the lever could be ascend and descend easily by changing the direction of DC motor’s rotation. A potentiometer had been used to measure the rotation angle as the output of the lever position. The scale change at the potentiometer was converted to a digital data by the micro controller and would be used as a feedback. At the field performance test, the prototype was tested to control the depth of a disk plow in a tillage operation using a 4-wheel tractor. The test result showed that, the control system could control the plowing depth in the average of 19 cm at the 350 ADC setting, and 13 cm at 450 ADC setting.