Development of portable semi-automatic cultivator for grey oyster mushroom production / Muhammad Al-Mughaizi Abd Manan, Zunawanuh Mohamad and Wan Mohamad Zulfaqih Wan Mohd Zulkifli

Grey oyster mushroom project run by Entrepreneur Action Us (ENACTUS) is highly demanded by staff and food seller in Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Dungun, still the poor production rate is due to several factors, mainly time-consuming harvesting method. In addition to lack of time to maintain the production of the mushroom, the stock is rendered low; thus, consumers’ request cannot be fulfilled on time. Therefore, a portable semi-automatic mushroom cultivator is proposed to assist and hasten the harvesting process of the mushroom. This portable cultivator is equipped with electronic tally-counter to count the number of block mushroom that has been harvested and mini vacuum to clean the block area to keep it in hygienic condition. The whole project is controlled by Arduino Atmega328p as the main microcontroller and the output is displayed on LCD screen. The portable cultivator has been simulated and tested on breadboard and achieved a good result. In a nutshell, this project will provide the mushroom business a boost in their production by hastening the process.