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Overview

This chapter will represent the methodology used in this project, and explains the steps has been follow to successfully complete this project starting from choosing the idea of the project until its last step which is hardware implementation and testing. Moreover, it will include project planning phase, research phase, designing phase, software and hardware designing phase, development phase, result phase, and a chapter summery.

In order to do a project effectively and efficiently, a basic plan of the project must be done in order to perform aims and objectives from the project in the right way and time. This has been followed in the case of this specific project where by the following steps was done to get to the final phase of the work. The first thing is choosing the project idea and get the approval from project committees. Secondly, read about the project and expand theoretical and practical knowledge by reading previous literature and analyze it. Thirdly, identify the requirements needed for this project in terms of software, hardware and other requirements. Fourthly, give a small costing explanation to show the feasibility of the project. Then comes the design of the project in its different phases which also includes hardware, software design. Finally, the implementation of the project will be carried and testing its working ability for recording results and analyze them.

Figure 4.1 Project Planning

The review was based on analysis of previous literatures as mentioned earlier, and the aim, objectives, scope were extracted. Also, the type of software was determined as well as specifications of hardware components.

This phase includes the device block diagram that explains how the connection of blocks representing the components was made. Then the components and subsystems that helped making the device, and the specifications and parameters of these components and how they are connected. Then the software and hardware design of the system. The basic software of the system was done with Proteus software program and with the help of the literatures that has been reviewed to extract the ideas from; as well hardware implementation which will give a clear idea about the connection and method of working of the hardware’s used in this system.

The software design of the circuit used in this project was drawn using Proteus software program which is electronic design automation software that is used for electronic and electrical circuit schemes, PCB layout, and simulation applications. It has been chosen to draw the circuit with due to its easiness of understanding and direct instructions of use. The used software gives the circuit good abilities like changing the type of components used or renaming it according to the users need.

Hardware design includes the components that has been used and connected together to give the needed output for the system, where by the specifications has been noted from the previous literatures with modification that suits the system used here. It included electrical different components and the main thing which is the microcontroller. More explanation will be included in the next chapters

This phase shows that based on the software design of the automated aquaponics system, the hardware components were connected successfully to give the desired output.

This phase included a very important part of the project, where the testing was done for the hardware components to proof its efficiency and working ability. Then the output from hardware implementation was analyzed and explained with details, Figure s, statistics, and numbers

This chapter has included the methodology used to complete the device used in this project and its main steps, as well as stating the phases that the project went through starting from choosing the topic till analysis of results.

Project selection

litrrature analysis

Requirments

Implemintation and testing

Design phase

Costing