IOT farming at home / Muhammad Nor Hafiz Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Afiq Rosfa

Search shows that existing farming methods including land farming and hydroponic are lacking of monitoring system. Therefore, a good monitoring system is needed for easily monitor the plant condition. The main purpose of this project is to design a hydroponic monitoring system by sensing the water level and also monitoring temperature and humidity of the surrounding for optimum growth of the plant. In addition, the project also monitors sunlight intensity for enabling plant to grow faster. The sensors used are DHTl 1, LDR, and Water level sensor. The sensors are connected to Arduino Mega for data processing and interfacing. The system is connected to the Espresso lite V2 for internet connection. The data obtained is transmitted to the BLYNK app for remote monitoring by the user apart from local monitoring by the LCD display. To achieve this objective, some research and studies has been done in some previous similar project. Based on the review, the methodology that used in this project are divide into two, which is hardware and software parts. Software development includes project simulation and creating source codes for the Arduino based system. Hardware designs include schematic drawing, PCB manufacturing, and prototype modelling. Both development involves design, experimentation, simulation and construction to get an expected result which meets the project objective. Data analysis for this project will proceed after the completion of the hardware and the software procedure. This is for the purpose to ensure the project can achieve the objective and also to ensure the reliability of the system. The result is the system can be monitored using BL YNK app. The output relay will turn on, activating installed light bulb that supplies auxiliary lighting for the plant growth. The applications for the system is various, including monitoring farms and aquaponics system. User can carry the system anywhere since it is portable. The system can also be mounted on hanging rails for easy movement around the client's premise.