Problem

• How much of a hassle and organizational nightmare is caring for an aquarium at home?
  • Did someone already fed the fishes, who is keeping track of the water quality today?
• Having multiple people care for a single aquarium can lead to problems like under/overfeeding
• How to ensure the well being and good health on your underwater companions?

Solution

• The aquarium system will:
  • Monitor and control water level
  • Monitor and control temperature
  • Monitor and control water pH
  • Monitor and control air volume control
  • Monitor and control lighting in the aquarium
  • Monitor fish activity
  • Control fish feeding
• All family members are able to monitor and check the aquarium metrics through an app
  • Notifications and alerts for events are also available
• Focus on extending and enhancing users’ experience; control system; embedded system structure and installation; system’s autonomy; cloud structure.

Requirements

• The embedded system monitors and controls metrics of the aquarium, in order to provide a quality environment for the fishes
• The desired value for the system metrics are configurable by the user, with a default value
• The embedded system is responsible for storing and managing the food for the fishes
  • It’s able to check the food quantity left and send it to the central
• The metrics and its history are kept by a central
• The user can access, monitor and act on the system through an app on the smartphone
• Alerts and notifications are sent to the user in case a metric is beyond the expected limits
• The user can send a command in order to feed the fishes, or program it automatically

Solution Modeling