Receiver system design on smart indoor farming based on visible light communication

• Main Authors: Tune, Andi Suci Alfi Syahri, Hartaman, Aris, Irawati, Indrarini Dyah, Darlis, Denny, Asrigustiani, Faridah, Roslee, Mardeni Bin, Leong, Pang Wai, Mahmud, Azwan Bin
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Communication; Farming; Hydroponics; Local area networks; Monitoring; Optical communication; Population growth; Residential buildings; Systems design; Websites
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0202252

Based on the population growth in urban areas causes population explosion. It causes agricultural land and green land to become increasingly narrow. These lands were also converted into residential buildings to meet human needs for shelter. In this research, a smart indoor farming system was designed by utilizing Visible Light Communication technology and IP gateways for monitoring hydroponic plants with a microcontroller in the receiver system, and an LDR module sensor as a data receiver from the LED lights. The output are hydroponics data to be monitored from sensors using a Local Area Network (LAN), an LCD for local display and firebase, which is connected to the website to monitor hydroponic plants. The test results show that the receiver system circuit can receive data sent by the transmitter circuit at 5 cm to 30 cm with field of view of 15° to 45°. In addition, the water pump can be activated through a website which is connected to the firebase. Therefore, it can be concluded that the Visible Light Communication technology dan Gateway IP has been successfully implemented on the VLC receiver system for monitoring the Smart Indoor Farming system.