Remote fish aquaculture monitoring system based on wireless transmission technology

This article establishes an automated monitoring system for the fish farm aquaculture environment. The fish farm setting is usually in convenient places without common place traffic. The proposed system is network surveillance combined with mobile devices and a remote platform to collect real-time farm environmental information. This system permits real-time observation and control of fish farms with dissolved oxygen sensors, temperature sensing elements using A/D and 8051 module signal conversion. The real-time data is captured and displayed via ZigBee wireless transmission signal transmitter to remote computer terminals. Visual Basic 2010 software is used to design the interface functions and control sensing module. This system is low-cost, low power, easy operation with wireless transmission capability. A continuous, stable power supply is very important for the aquaculture industry. The proposed system will use municipal electricity coupled with a battery power source to provide power with battery intervention if municipal power is interrupted. The battery system is designed to avoid the self-discharge phenomenon which reduces the battery lifetime. Solar power is used to provide charging at any time.