Embedded system for the control of longitudinal grain distribution in seeders

It is reasonable to consider that food production and environmental preservation, and not just any of them in isolation, are prerequisites for the very existence of the human species. From this perspective, it is evident that any strategy for environmental preservation must necessarily also consider the strategy of food production and vice versa. The challenge for technology-based companies is to create new solutions that contribute to an increase in food production, reducing the application of inputs, and without adding new areas to agricultural production. Although this new vision of agricultural production has significantly contributed to increasing food and renewable fuel production in Brazil and worldwide, there are still gaps to be filled. In this context, this paper presents the development of an embedded system for grain seeders, which consists of replacing the drive system with gears and chains of seed distributors by an efficient electromechanical system, whose general characteristics differ from other shapes and models of seed and fertilizer distributor drivers, widely known in the current state of the art. In the end, we present a case study, whose displacement value occurred in each sowing line is adjusted by a displacement calculation method, homogenizing the seed distribution in contour planting.