Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Rubber Scale (SRS) System Using Arduino Platform

In the new era of innovation, the ordinary strategy which is the conventional method is still been employed to measure rubber. In the conventional method, the settler needs to bring the rubber to be measured, calculate the result and physically recorded the data into the logbook before bringing the logbook into the FELDA office. Besides, the rubber officer needs to ensure that the weight in which the settler shows match with the recorded data. This routine may lead to misinformation or the information can be faded, lost and misplaced. It takes a lot of time, energy and cost since the settler needs to get the result of total rubber information every day, week and month to be reported to the FELDA office. Therefore, the Smart Rubber Scale (SRS) System is proposed which inspired from the conventional process and it was made into the cloud system where it is measured by using the Arduino platform and all the data will be sent automatically into the database using Internet of things (IoT) technology. The SRS hardware devices consist of load cell sensor, scale sensor, Arduino UNO R3, sensor module HX711, Bluetooth module and LCD display. The SRS website is develop by using notepad++ programming, PHP, CSS, SQL, and HTML language. In this system, the staff in the FELDA office and the settler can use it for their convenience. The system will help the staff to automatically store all the rubber weight into the system and it would prevent misinformation, unlike the conventional method whereby the information needs to be recorded manually in the logbook. The settler can see the information anywhere and anytime. The system will record rubber details and the total of rubber collected by settler for every month.