Team Robotics Bangladesh: Salah Uddin, Sabiha Sultana, IoT-Bangladesh

Published August 7, 2020 © LGPL

Aquaculture Monitoring System (powered by Helium network)

A system based on Lora Network for monitoring the fish farm for better production.

IntermediateFull instructions provided18 hours3,246

Aquaculture Monitoring System (powered by Helium network)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Adafruit Waterproof DS18B20 Digital temperature sensor

Turbidity Sensor, Phototransistor Output

DFRobot Gravity: Analog Dissolved Oxygen Sensor / Meter Kit For Arduino

Atlas Scientific Consumer Grade pH Probe

Helium Developer Kit

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

myDevices Cayenne

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)

10 Pc. Jumper Wire Kit, 5 cm Long

Soldering iron (generic)

Story

Aquaculture is one of the vital factors to support the food needs of the world community, especially in developing countries. The total world fish production, aquaculture production accounted for 40.1 % that is 88.5 % of the world aquaculture production is contributed by Asia. In the aquaculture cultivation process, water quality is crucial to the success of cultivation. Water quality monitoring can be measured by various variables including physical, chemical and biological aspects. There are four essential water parameters for aquaculture, those are dissolved oxygen (DO), salinity, water temperature and hydrogen potential (pH). The ideal content for those parameters varies depending on the type of aquaculture and fish species that are the object of cultivation.

In this project, we presented a connected system for real time monitoring the aquaculture (water eco-system ). Several types of sensors are used for monitoring the parameters of aqua. This system is useful for monitoring the fisheries farm.

Block diagram of the system

System features

List of components

Helium Development Kit (Micro-controller)
pH sensor
Dissolved oxygen sensor
Salinity sensor (Electrical conductivity based)
Waterproof temperature sensor
Turbidity sensor

Circuit Diagram

Circuit diagram

Prototype Device (in site)

Getting connected to Your Helium account

Assuming you have properly set up your device in the Helium Console, you're already well on your way. First, in the Helium Console, go to "Labels" and click "Add Label". At this time, the only thing you need to do is provide a Label Name. Click "Create Label".

Next, go into the "Integrations" tab and choose the "myDevices Cayenne" Prebuilt Integration type. Name your Integration and apply the label you just made.

The last thing you need to do is apply the label to the device. Select your device in the "Devices" tab and add your label under "Attached Labels". The labels tab is Helium's clever way to connect devices to associated integrations and functions. Now, any data packet that you send through that device is routed right to Cayenne.

Cayenne myDevices Connection

Create an account on cayenne.mydevices.com and create an app.
Click "Add new..." > "Device/Widget", and after selecting Lora > Helium, search for the STM32 B-L072Z-LRWAN1.
Paste the DevEUI (from the Helium Console) into the required field.
Change the name if you want to, then click "Add Device".

Cayenne console

At this point, the payloads that are sent to the Helium network will be routed to your myDevices dashboard and interpreted automatically based on their sensor type.

Finally, The monitoring dashboard is given below:

Monitoring Dashboard

Mobile apps for monitoring

Reference

Dzulqornain, Muhammad Iskandar, M. Udin Harun Al Rasyid, and Sritrusta Sukaridhoto. "Design and development of smart aquaculture system based on IFTTT model and cloud integration." MATEC Web of Conferences. Vol. 164. EDP Sciences, 2018.
Mohammad Salah Uddin, Md. Fatin Istiaq , Mohd. Rasadin, and Md. Ruhel Talukder, "Freshwater shrimp farm monitoring system for Bangladesh based on internet of things." Engineering Reports. 2020; John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Volume 2, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12184
https://www.hackster.io/evan-diewald/gps-tracking-with-helium-developer-kit-and-cayenne-e43326 (Thanks for their tutorial)

Code

test source

#include "LoRaWAN.h"
#include <f401reMap.h>

const char *devEui = "FILL_ME_IN";
const char *appEui = "FILL_ME_IN";
const char *appKey = "FILL_ME_IN";

float ph =  pinMap(1);
float temp =  pinMap(11);
float DO = pinMap(12);
flaot tur =  pinMap(13);
float sal =  pinMap(16);




// Max Payload 53 Bytes for DR 1
const uint8_t payload[] = "";

void setup( void )
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    
    while (!Serial) { }

    // US Region
    LoRaWAN.begin(US915);
    // Helium SubBand
    LoRaWAN.setSubBand(2);
    // Disable Adaptive Data Rate
    LoRaWAN.setADR(false);
    // Set Data Rate 1 - Max Payload 53 Bytes
    LoRaWAN.setDataRate(1);
    // Device IDs and Key
    LoRaWAN.joinOTAA(appEui, appKey, devEui);

    Serial.println("JOIN( )");
    
    
   pinMode(DO, INPUT);
   pinMode(sal, INPUT);
   pinMode(temp, INPUT);
   pinMode(tur, INPUT);
   pinMode(ph, INPUT);
}

void loop( void )
{
    if (LoRaWAN.joined() && !LoRaWAN.busy())
    {
      
      analogRead(DO);
      analogRead(sal);
      analogRead(temp);
      analogRead(tur);
      analogRead(ph);
      
      payload[] = (analogRead(DO) + analogRead(sal) +  analogRead(temp) +    analogRead(tur) +   analogRead(ph));
      
        // Send Packet
        LoRaWAN.sendPacket(1, payload, sizeof(payload));
    }

    delay(20000); //20 Seconds
}

Aquaculture Monitoring System (powered by Helium network)