1. Charles Kanyunga
email addresses: ckanyunga@yahoo.com; ckanyunga@gmail.com; ckanyunga@rocketmail.com
contact cell: (263) 0773 446 437; (263) 0772 267 266
Degree programme: Bachelor of Technology (Honours) Electronic Engineering
Courses taught: 1. Solid state electronics
2. Communications Engineering
3. Mobile Communications Systems Design
4. Industrial Control
5. Electronic Instrumentation & Measurement I & II
Publication: Title: Design and construction of microclimate monitoring system
Abstract: A portable and user-friendly weather monitoring system based on the PIC16F876
microcontroller is described. This instrument measures three parameters: temperature in the
range from -10 to +70 °C within ±1 °C using an LM335 temperature sensor, wind speed from
0 to 10 m/s within ±0.1 m/s using a heated bead thermistor, and solar radiation from
0 to 1000 W/m2
within ±10 W/m2
using a solar cell. These variables are displayed digitally,
one at a time, with a 5 s separation. The values are stored on EEPROM at 2 min intervals.
The instrument is intended for use in agriculture and for educational purposes.
American Institute of Physics; Review of Scientific Instruments. Volume 78; Issue 10; 2007
Research: 1) Title: Automated parametric optimization control systems for a continuos flow
biodiesel production plant using jatropha curcas as feedstock.
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