Aquarium Automation System

Overview

• Team project that participated in CP-CoP(Creative Project-Community of Practice) competition
• Embedded System that perform monitoring and actuating all-based on sensing, linked with mobile application
• If you want to know more information about source code, visit my Github

Idea

• Simple form of IoT(Internet of Things) architecture
• Programming sensor value with additional operations to express in unit (ex. pH, Celsius)
• Function that communicate with mobile application

Description

System Architecture

• System is consisted of H/W and Application
• H/W
  • Arduino UNO Board (Leonardo is also allowed)
  • Arduino Sensor Shield
    • Extended board that can add more sensors
  • Tempreature sensor
  • pH sensor
  • Photo resistor (Light sensor)
  • Real-Time Clock (RTC) module
  • 2ch-Relay module
    • For actuate auto-feeder and LED
  • LED (Compatible with Arduino)
  • Auto-Feeder (Model: AF-2003)
• Mobile Application
  • Monitoring temperature and pH value
  • Control On/Off LED and auto-feeder
  • Notify when temperature or pH value is not up to requirement of water quality

System Function

• System have 3 main functions to maintain required water quality
  • Auto-Feed
    • Feeding itself in specific time, by setting RTC and Relay module
  • Auto-Control pH
    • Control pH of water itself by sensing pH value (from pH sensor) in real-time
  • Auto-LED On/Off
    • Control LED On/Off itself by sensing light value from photo resistor
    • Setting value to compare with sensing value → Turn on LED when sensing value is less than setting value

Result

• Pamphlet

  

  Pamphlet of Auqarium Automation System

• Final Model (in CP-CoP exhibition)

  

  Auqarium Automation System in CP-CoP exhibition

Development Environment

• Arduino IDE
• App Inventor 2.0

Reference

• Aquarium Control System DIY blog
• Hackster.io