WEEK 17: Proposal Report's Update

Dr. has updated the plagiarism percentage for my report as he checked it using the Turnitin software. I need to correct the report a few times until I obtained the latest plagiarism percentage update of 13% which can be accepted as long as it is below 20%.

The only thing left to do is to submit the report on 11 December 2017 before I can continue my project in FYP 2 for the next semester.

WEEK 16: PRESENTATION DAY!

Jeng jeng jeng! Finally the day that has come for the FYP 1 students to present their project to the assessors. This is the first time I wear a blouse which is something that I never done before so new achievement unlocked! 😉 hahaha sorry but I just had to mention it since it is a rare phenomenon to see me wearing "lady-like" outfit.

Ehem. So on 22 November 2017 which falls on Wednesday, I, Wan Nur Qistina Binti Wan Shukry, has presented my FYP 1 project. I don't know what happened to Dr. Zaki though as Dr. Gan Hong Seng has replaced him as my first assessor which makes me be among the last FYP 1 students to be assessed. Overall, I think I did a good job presenting my project as both my assessors looks like they satisfied with my explanation on the project and hope it is the same with the results.

Enough with the presentation, I've finally finished my proposal report and i just need to submit it to Dr. to check for the plagiarism.

WEEK 15: Final Preparation of Presentation Slides

This is the only week that I have to show the slides to Dr. and do some correction before the presentation day next week. 

After presenting my slides, Dr. told me to include the drawing of the prototype of my project and state the location to test the prototype in the methodology section besides add a references section at the end of the slide. That is all I need to improves on my slides and I'll be ready for the presentation day.

Other than checking the slides, Dr. also gives a few tips as in what he would asks if he be the assessors on the presentation day. Talking about the assessor, the one who will assess me on the presentation day is Dr. Zaki and Sir Muhyi and you know what, I'm so nervous thinking about the FYP 1 presentation that I dreamed being assessed by Sir Muhyi even before the list of assessors is announced. What a dream comes true! (i guess 🤔)

WEEK 14: Presentation Slides Progress

For this week's consultation, I presents the slide I've prepared to Dr. so that I know if I'm doing it the right way or not. Unfortunately, there is a lot of things that needs correction on the slides along with the report progress especially on the scope and limitation part which I have to state the size of the fish pond and tanks involved.

The proposal report is almost finish as I'm listing all the hardware and software that will be use in my poject.

WEEK 13: Presentation Slides Preparation

The research about this project is done once I’m sure about the hardware and software that I need to complete my project. This week I’m going to starts preparing the slides for the FYP 1 Presentation day which is scheduled on week 16 at Dewan Gemilang. It is supposed to be on week 14, but I was told that it has been postponed to week 16. I don’t know the reasons why it’s being postponed, but I’m quite relieved since I have more time to prepare myself for the presentation day.

Back to the proposal report, I’m still stuck at the chapter 1 as I have to modify the Introduction part because Dr. told me that it is better to include some statistics to make it more interesting to be read. He also reminds to work more on the literature review in chapter 2, to paraphrase it using my own words besides improve the methodology, flow chart and block diagram for chapter 3 so that people can understands it better.

WEEK 12: Proposal Report

Well I’m already in week 12 now so I thought that I better start doing the proposal report before things gets more complicated with the other subject’s assignments and tests. 

I almost done doing the chapter 1 which consists of a few sections that is:

• Introduction
• Project Background
• Problem Statement
• Objectives
• Scope and Limitations
• Significance of the Study
• Conclusion

I’ll starts doing the chapter 2 after finishing the chapter 1 and submit to Dr. for correction.

WEEK 11: SENSORS COMPARISON

The sensors is compared based on how it works and its technical specifications.

NO.	SENSOR	ACTIVITY	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
1.	Liquid PH Value Detection Sensor Module Monitoring Control Kit set (individual probe is available)	-     The PH electrode has a single cylinder that allows direct connection to the input terminal of a PH meter, controller, or any PH device, which has a BNC input terminal. -    Accurate and reliable that can give almost instantaneous readings. -    BNC Connector suitable for most PH meter and controller. -    Suitable for wide range of application: Aquariums, Hydroponics, Laboratory.	-  pH range: 0-14 PH -  Temperature range:        0-60 Celsius -  Zero-point: 7 ± 0.5PH -  Alkali Error: 0.2PH -  Theoretical Percentage Slope: ≧98.5% -  Internal Resistance: ≦250MΩ -  Response Time: ≦1min -  Operating Temperature: 0-60 Celsius
2.	pH Sensor Kit	-   This kit includes everything including buffer solutions for calibration, pH probe, and board to connect directly to the microcontroller,         125ml Red Buffer Solution - pH 4.0 125ml Yellow Buffer Solution - pH 7.0 125ml Blue Buffer Solution - pH 10.0 125ml Storage Solution pH Probe pH Circuit BNC Connector	-  pH Range:  0-14     (Na+ error at >12.3 pH) -  Speed of Response:       95% in 1 second -   Isopotential point:      pH 7.00 (0 mV) -  Offset:  +/- 0.20 pH -  38400 baud rate default

3.	Gravity: Analog pH Sensor / meter Kit	-  Instant connection to the Arduino to get pH measurements at ± 0.1pH (25 ℃)         -  Can be use in aquaponics or fish tanks or other materials that need measurements.        -  This is a laboratory probe, it can't be immersed in the liquid for too long time.	-   Module Power : 5.00V            -  Measuring Range:              0-14PH           -  Accuracy : ± 0.1pH(25 ℃)           -  Response Time : ≤ 1min           -  pH Sensor with BNC            Connector           -  pH2.0 Interface            -   Gain Adjustment               Potentiometer           -  Power Indicator LED
4.	1.5M NTC Thermistor Accuracy Temperature Sensor 10K 1% 3435 Waterproof Probe	-  Temperature-sensing elements made of semiconductor material that has been sintered in order to display large changes in resistance in proportion to small changes in temperature       -  Resistance can be measured by using a small and measured direct current, or dc, passed through the thermistor in order to measure the voltage drop produced       -  Stainless steel sheath and waterproof	-  Measurement range:       -40 to 120 °C -  Length of wire: 1.5 m -  Type: NTC 10k±1% -  Measure environmental     temperatures using     Arduino ADC and this     10k NTC LINK -   Typical Dissipation      Constant: 5mW/ °C -    Probe insulation: >100MOhm

WEEK 10: Selecting the Sensor

After done reviewing the journals and doing some research on the suitable sensors to measure the water quality parameters for my project, I decided to use 3 types of sensors, that is: -

a)      Temperature Sensor
       -   To measure the water temperature in the ponds and tanks.

b)     pH Sensor
      -   To measure the pH value of the water as in detecting the chemical factors in the water that makes the water becomes alkali and acidic.

c)      Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

  -     To monitor the oxygen concentration in the water as it is crucial element for the fish to live in the water.

Most important is all of the sensors must be water resistant since it will be used in the water.

WEEK 9: Literature Review

This is the summary of the journals I’ve read and reviewed which I summarized it in a table. The table consists of the parameters investigated, the technology used as in the hardware and software implemented and also the place where the parameters is investigated.

A Remote Wireless System for Water Quality Online Monitoring in Intensive Fish Culture. By Xiuna Zhu, Daoliang Li, Jianqin Wang, Daokun Ma, Feifei Li (2010)
Parameter	Hardware	Location used
a)      Temperature b)      Dissolved oxygen c)      pH Water d)      Electrical conductivity	a)      Remote Monitoring platform b)      PICNIC2.0 (TriState, Japan) as the core-processing chip c)      CDMA module (InRouter210C, China) for data transformation and transmission d)      Temperature Sensor e)      Dissolved oxygen Sensor f)       pH Sensor g)      Electrical conductivity Sensor	Fish pond
Design and Deployment of Aqua Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Networks and IAR-Kick. By Chandanapalli S. B., Sreenivasa R. E., and Rajya L. D., (2014)
Parameter	Hardware	Location used
a)      Temperature outside and inside of the water b)      pH c)      Humidity	a)      ZigBee Wireless Sensor Node b)      GSM c)      AT89C52 microcontroller d)      Temperature sensors e)      pH sensor f)       Humidity Sensor	Fish pond
Wireless Sensor Network-Based Solution for Environmental Monitoring: Water Quality Assessment Case Study. By Octavian Postolache, José Dias Pereira, Pedro Silva Girão, (2014)
Parameter	Hardware	Location Used
a)   Conductivity b)   Temperature c)   Turbidity	a)      ZigBee Wireless Sensor Node b)      Conductivity Sensor c)      Temperature Sensor d)      Turbidity Sensor	Fish Pond

WEEK 8: Researching Jounals

I just doing my research on the journals that is related to my project this week. I look for the journals only on the trusted sources from the internet such as IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect and Academia. Those journals can be accessed through UniKL Resource Off Campus Access which is subscribed by Universiti Kuala Lumpur Library, so I don’t have to make any purchases to view the journals published.

I have found a few journals that suits my project, but I found out that most of it cannot be used as a reference for my project because I just realised that some of it is a conference paper and Dr. said that it can’t be included in the literature review. Then, I have to search for another journal to replace the conference paper.

By reading the journals, I can identify the sensors and method that can be applied in my project. The summarized journals will be included in my literature review section for the project proposal later.

WEEK 7: OBJECTIVES

This week, I met Dr. to discuss about the purpose or objective of the project being carry out. well before the meeting he already asks me to prepare the objective regarding my project, so he just correct and improves the objectives that I've prepared. So, the final objectives of my project that have been corrected is as below.

Objectives:

-   To investigate the parameters needed to be monitoring to maintains the water quality.

-   To select the suitable sensor to measure the parameters.

-   To integrate and test the sensor on the selected micro-controller system.

-   To investigate and integrate the IOT platform for data collection and display on the selected micro-controller system.

-   To demonstrate the working prototype.

From this meeting, I understand clearly what I need to do in order to complete my FYP 1 before continuing the remaining progress in FYP 2 next semester. Next, I need to start my progress on the literature review which I need to do a research on the journals related to my project and summarizes it in a table, so it’ll be easier to review the journals.

WEEK 6: Project Background

After doing some research on my FYP project, I finally get the idea about why and how this project is being carry out. I will put the related information about my project in the project background section for the FYP 1 project proposal.  

Tittle: IOT Application on Fish Farm Monitoring by Controlling Water Quality in Ponds and Tanks

-Project Background-

Monitoring the water quality in fish farming industry is crucial factor as each water quality parameter can directly affect the condition of the fish. This is because almost 50 to 60% of the fish cultured (mostly tilapia) died cause by the farmer’s lack of awareness on the water quality that leads to Streptococcus outbreak, infection by S. agalactiae. Other than the disease, exposure of fish to improper levels of water quality and improper environment to stress next, deteriorating the animal’s health. All the parameters influence each other even though it has its very own value in order to indicates a good water quality in fish farming. The water quality needs to be monitor on regular basis to prevent some diseases which lead to a huge fish kill and next causing a big loss not only in terms of money but the farmers hard work in making sure the successful of their fish farming will be in vain.