OTUOLE UCHECHUKWU EMMANUEL

The aim of this paper is to design and develop an IoT based Smart Monitoring System. The purpose of the current method is to create a safe and secure fish farming that helps the fish pond owners in producing high quality fish by maintaining normal water levels in the fish tank. (Sajal Saha, 2007). In order to implement this design, the Atmega 328p microcontroller is used as well assensors and actuators such as the DSB18b20 temperature sensor, HC-sr04 ultrasonic sensor, HC- sr501 motion sensor and a solenoid valve to automate the process of controlling the water quality parameters, such as the water level, temperature which is best at 24-27 oc (Johnson et al.,2007) and PH range which is acceptable at 6.5 to 9.0 (Will Mosley, 2009). These sensor values are stored in cloud so that farmers can see on their mobiles through mobile app or web application anywhere remotely. Android phone is used as the terminal device. A user can monitor the water condition using an android app through Wi-Fi within Wi-Fi range of 2400-2484 MHz and through Internet from anywhere in the world, A significant cost reduction is achieved as a result of farm equipment and water pumps being operated only when required using optimization schemes to maintain desired waterlevel in fish tank with efficient energy consumption through appropriate selection of pumps and tank filling level (Nirosha et al, 2017). The system consists of various sensors that measure important factors of the water like temperature, pH and water level and the data from these sensors can be accessed by an application through firebase (Weber et al, 2010). The farmer can then act as per the information relayed or the model can automatically act on behalf of the farmer as per the predefined actions. The real time information enables timely intervention by the farmers which eventually helps minimizing or eliminate wastages.