An electronic portable device design to spectroscopically assess fruit quality

Sarıkaş A., Dogruyol Basar M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, cilt.25, ss.4063-4076, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/elk-1610-12
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4063-4076
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nondestructive testing, visible/near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, fruit quality assessment, handheld device, Bluetooth, VIS/NIR-SPECTROSCOPY, NIR-SPECTROSCOPY, SOLUBLE SOLIDS, NONDESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT, PREDICTION, REFLECTANCE, ORANGES, ACIDITY
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

As a rapid and nondestructive sensing technique, reflection spectroscopy is useful in monitoring and managing horticultural production; in other words, the ripening of fruits and vegetables can be evaluated using reflection spectroscopy. Based on laboratory data obtained from an ultraviolet/visible/near-infrared (UV/Vis/NIR) spectrophotometer with a diffuse reflectance accessory, we developed a prototype handheld device. The device operates at a range of 400 nm to 1100 nm (blue, green, red, and NIR). LEDs, photodiodes, a microcontroller, digital-to-analog converters, a graphical LCD display, and a keypad were used for instrumentation. With our user-friendly software interface, measurements can be performed and controlled in real time, and measured data can be transferred to a computer using Bluetooth technology. This method of processing and evaluating data is easily managed.