Design and Implementation of a Shrimp Pond Monitoring Information System Using Internet of Things and Android Application

Abstract

Shrimp ponds are a place built to cultivate shrimp, with a tropical climate that makes Indonesia one of the largest shrimp producers, both saltwater, freshwater and brackish water shrimp. For shrimp farming business people, it is one of the profitable business opportunities because it is easy to maintain and produces fantastic profits. Maintenance for shrimp pond cultivation can be done by checking water quality using litmus paper, a digital pH meter or a chlorine test kit. However, this method is still considered less efficient because water is taken from the pond repeatedly over time, which wastes time and energy, in addition, changes in water quality in the pond can occur at any time, causing shrimp death and causing farmers to fail to harvest. In this study, water temperature, water pH, and water current sensors were used to monitor water quality. Then the data from the water quality detected by the sensor will be received by the Esp32 microcontroller and then send the data to firebase. Firebase plays a role in storing and sending data to Android so that it can be displayed on a smartphone. Poor data values will cause a notification to appear on the farmer's smartphone so that the farmer does not need to check the pond location repeatedly.