Projects

Margaret River Aquafarm Technology

Software / electronics · Ongoing · 2019–

Sensors, dashboards and alerts for a working aquaponics greenhouse.

Margaret River Aquafarm is an aquaponics greenhouse in Forest Grove. Fish and plants share a recirculating system. I run the farm and built the monitoring for it.

What it watches

Water quality, temperature, pumps, heat and humidity. Arduino nodes, Raspberry Pi collectors, wireless links, and a simple web/phone view. History, dashboards and alerts when a reading is out of range.

Why custom

Commercial farm software did not match this greenhouse. Automation is used where it is safer than relying on memory. Alerts still need a person to act.

Disciplines

  • Software
  • Electronics
  • Hardware

Technologies

  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Water-quality monitoring
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Alerts and historical data
  • Dashboards
  • Automation
Setting
Working aquaponics greenhouse, Forest Grove
Note
Built for this farm, not sold as a product