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Miniaturized Optoelectronic Measurement System for Decentralized Agrifood Quality Control

Ana Solado Cabezuelo
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Francisco J. Ferrero Martin
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Jose Manuel Costa Fernández
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Candela Melendreras García
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Alberto López Martínez
Version 1 : Received: 8 July 2023 / Approved: 10 July 2023 / Online: 10 July 2023 (11:35:24 CEST)

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Melendreras, C.; Soldado, A.; Costa-Fernández, J.M.; López, A.; Ferrero, F. A Miniaturized and Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Measurement System for Alfalfa Quality Control. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9290. Melendreras, C.; Soldado, A.; Costa-Fernández, J.M.; López, A.; Ferrero, F. A Miniaturized and Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Measurement System for Alfalfa Quality Control. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9290.

Abstract

Food safety and quality are the first steps in the food chain. This work reports a low-cost and easy-to-use optoelectronic measurement system for improving feed chain quality and safety, based on near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS) technology. This is a significant challenge for dairy farm technicians and producers who need rapid and reliable knowledge of forage quality on their farms. In most cases, instrumentation suitable for these specifications is expensive and difficult to operate. The core of the measurement system is Texas Instruments´ NIRscan Nano Evaluation Module (EVM) spectrometer. This module has a large sensing area and high resolution suitable for forage samples. To evaluate the feasibility of the prototype to analyze agrifood samples, different ways of presenting the sample, intact or ground, were tested. The final objective of the research is not just to check the efficiency of the proposed system. It is also to determine the measurement system characteristics and how to improve them.

Keywords

Agrifood quality control; Digital Micromirror Device (DMD); Forage; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS).

Subject

Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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