I-Light: An Improved Lighting System For Poultry Farms

Abstract

This study developed an improved lighting system called i-Light that incorporates three major factors in the growth of broilers which include color, photoperiod, and light intensity. Arduino Mega microcontroller was used to control the overall system. This system was compared to the existing traditional lighting system (TL) and LED lighting system (LL) in terms of broiler growth mortality rate and power usage. The results showed that the i-Light system performed better than both TL and LL systems. In terms of growth, the i-Light system demonstrates its ability to outperform TL and LL as seen by the fact that the i-Light system's weight gain on the final week of experimentation is 55.45% heavier than TL and 36.36% heavier than LL. It was also shown that the system logs the lowest mortality rate compared to the TL and LL system which records a 30% mortality rate which is more ideal than the 50% shown on TL and 40% for LL. The power usage results show that the i-Light used the least electricity. The i-Light system is 75.44% more efficient than the TL which saves up to 95.914 PHP monthly. On the other hand, i-Light is 63.12% more efficient than LL which saves up to 53.42 PHP per month. The i-Light system developed in the study can be a viable option for poultry farmers.