Modern day incubators need accurate and precise
temperature monitoring for optimal performance and
output. The operating temperature range of conventional
incubators lies within 92 0 F-102 0 F. Hence, the work
presented here involves the design of an intelligent
automated incubator system with a digital readout display,
which is capable of continuously monitoring and
maintaining the operating temperature (37 0C) using an
automatic switching technique. In retrospect, the work
takes a panoramic and synoptic view of the history of
incubator systems. It finally moves ahead to present a
hardware system as well as an attendant software driver
derived for a microcontroller based egg incubator system.