Microcontroller based food dehydrator for Rengginang crackers micro businesses in Prambontergayang Village, Tuban District

Abstract

The micro-business of Rengginang crackers with the Urnika brand in Prambontergayang Village, Tuban District, is an industry in the food sector. The process of drying Rengginang crackers in partner’s still uses conventional methods or under sunlight to carry out the drying process. Hence, it takes quite a long time to dry Rengginang, namely around 6-7 days. This community service program aims to develop and train the use of alternative technology for drying Rengginang crackers to Rengginang crackers micro-entrepreneurs in Prambontergayang Village, Tuban District. The method used for implementing PKM is a participatory approach (participatory action research/PAR). The results of the PKM carried out have had a positive impact on partners, namely more optimal and efficient drying. Drying using a microcontroller-based food dehydrator can speed up drying up to 120 minutes with a capacity of 5000 pcs of wet Rengginang. With this technology, partners can increase their production capacity for Rengginang crackers so that they can increase the expected number of sales.