SMART AQUARIUM
UILIAN RIES
Story
Context
The use of aquarium with ornamental fish in homes as a way to enhance the
environment, has presence since the fourteenth century. Although the fishkeeping is
considered as a hobby, there are a number of factors that need attention and
intervention, daily measurements of levels of substances such as ammonia, nitrate
and salts, are important to maintain an appropriate environment and health of
present beings. These beings need care with food and environmental compliance
according to their type and period of life. The use of automated systems for control
rooms, houses and buildings, has grown primarily through the use of new
technologies, easy access and low cost.
Problem
The tasks that a fish keeper must perform during the period, should include
feed, water maintenance and cleaning of the tank. All these tasks have different
intervals, they are daily or weekly. Can not always be carried out with full attention
required or the optimal frequency, because the aquarist has no time availability.
Perform the integration of the ​Internet of Things on the scenario of an aquarist that
has faced difficulty to give the necessary attention to feeding and monitoring of water
status, will enable perform unattended tasks while still getting data in real time, and
share data for studies comparison of multiple scenarios and states of view. The
implementation of a system based on IoT must take daily support, sending status
information about water, pH, temperature and lighting.
Objectives
● Develop a system based on Internet of Things in an ornamental aquarium, to
manage environmental sensors, such as temperature, light and pH, and
present them in a user interface.
● Automating activities for aquarium treatment.
● Share statistical data over the internet.
● Provide a management and control system for an aquarium.
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Persona
CHARLOTTE
The Fish Keeper
“Explore new aquatic species and
learn about the ocean is my life.”
About
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24, single, marine science student.
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I work with fish keeping in an aquarium shop.
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She divides her time between work and study, all
days.
Responsibilities
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I am responsible for keep all fish tanks.
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I need to feed all fishes, check the water
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Main Goals
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Better environment condition in all
aquariums.
condition, such as, lighting, temperature,
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Save measurement time.
pH and chemical levels.
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Learn more about some fishes and
Once a week, I check all fishes and plants,
plants.
looking for diseases and abnormal conditions.
Needs
Pain Points
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Take note about all done activities.
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Can not remember about all information
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Remember information about fishes
about food, pH required level and better
and plants, or search in your phone.
temperature.
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Apply chemical tests in the water.
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Apply chemical test spend much time.
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Take a look in all fishes and plants for
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Can not check all levels more once per
ensure the aquarium environment.
day.
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Point of View (PoV)
Focus
This section is focused to understand what Charlotte needs to solve her problems.
The steps uses not only the main perspective, as a fish keeper, but also uses only
the water tank focus. The vision was splitted by two, to give better insight about each
opportunity in this challenge.
POV
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As a ​tank maintainer, ​I need a way to ​measure the temperature level, so that ​it controls the
heater.
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As a ​tank maintainer, ​I need a way to ​measure the lighting level, so that ​it controls the
lamp.
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As a ​tank maintainer, ​I need a way to ​measure the pH,​ so that ​it alerts my phone.
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As a ​fish keeper, ​I need a way to ​dispense food,​ so that I​ can schedule each meal.
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As a ​fish keeper, ​I need a way to ​watch the water tank, so that ​I observe plant diseases
and sick fishes.
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As a ​fish keeper​, I need a way to ​keep measured level during all, so that ​I access all the
history.
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UX Journey
Modus Operandi
This section describes the daily routine executed by Charlotte in her work.
● She loves observate and feed the animals.
● She has difficult to take all notes.
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Prototype
Views
The prototype was divided in 5 views:
● Status: Show current aquarium status (lighting, temperature and pH).
● History: Store all reads by each sensor.
● Camera: Watch aquarium video.
● Profile: Select fish species at aquarium to equalize the environment.
● Schedule: Configure food dispenser timer.
BUILD link:
https://standard.build.me/home/projects/6f9b20336c2654de0cd1465f/research/partici
pant/ea8fdc0f0a41cc7d0cd1660e
Preview
Follow, are 2 previews: Status and History.
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Category
Scenarios
This project wears many possible environments, since fish industry to monitor their
fishes, until a hobbyist.
The idea solved with Charlotte, is the same found in others fish shops and perhaps,
people with fish at home.
Some categories mapped scenarios and places that could be applied with this
solution, are:
Industry
● Captive fish.
University
● Museum’s water tanks.
● Research on marine life.
Retail
● Pet shop.
● Some decorative points as in restaurants.
Home
● Fish keeping as a hobby.
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