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Vol. 3 · Issue 2 · 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Electronic Systems and Signals

The Device for the Organization of Artificial Microclimate for Animals in a Terrarium

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Bohdana Ihorivna Dovzhenko Corresponding National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” d.dovgenko@gmail.com Ukraine
Pages5-10 PublishedJun 30, 2020 LicenseOpen Access
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Abstract

For thousands of years people have been raising pets, helping someone out in the household, someone not wanting to feel lonely, and someone trying to learn to worry about someone else. Any animal will love, be attached to its owner, if it will be cared for, cared for and create comfortable living conditions. And reptiles are no exception. In the modern world, it is increasingly possible to meet exotic animals as a pet. Although the percentage of owners of these animals is not large, about 5-7%, it grows every year. These exotic types of pets are both fearful and curious. When planting any reptile, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of its nutrition, its size, and conditions of existence, although most species are considered to be easy to maintain, not demanding in nutrition. When buying a reptile, you should remember that the first step is to create the best living conditions for her. If it is not possible to provide this right away, then it is necessary to wait for the right moment in order to get an exotic pet, since this neglect to create the necessary conditions can lead to suffering of the animal, even in death, including. However, not many reptiles are able to coexist with humans. The most popular among such animals in this list are reptiles such as: snakes, lizards, turtles. As already mentioned one of the most important points for animals is to create comfortable conditions for their keeping. This list of conditions includes the choice of the required size of terrarium, filler, creation of the necessary microclimate with proper lighting. For cold-blooded reptiles, the most important are the two aspects: temperature control and the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Failure to follow these conditions can lead to various illnesses of the pet, so they should be carefully monitored. This article provides information about a device that can create the necessary conditions for the comfortable existence of reptiles at home. In the course of the work, the analysis of the devices available in the modern market for the solution of the given task was carried out, and the problem of impossibility of installing several devices that would properly interact with each other and working depending on the given priority was identified. Also, it is difficult for the user to properly analyze the instrument indicators, to make the right decision on how to improve the microclimate when the parameters do not meet the desired ones. Concluding from the above mentioned problems, it was decided to create a device that provides temperature analysis and its control, by the method of switching on / off the incandescent lamp and fan, in the warm zone, as well as the temperature analysis in the cold zone. In addition, the device performs the function of checking the UV lamps, since without this lamp the animal is at risk of deformation of bone tissue and the absorption of food. To simplify reptile care, the unit performs  daytime and nothing mode functions. 

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