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Interfacing Blynk IOT Platform for Monitoring

Temperature and Humidity in Poultry Farm
JOY G. BEA CARLBEN DOMINIQUE A. BEA
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College
Sta. Maria Campus Tagudin Campus
Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur Philippines Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Abstract:- This paper aimed to interfaced Blynk IOT With this reason the researcher motivated to use blynk
platform for monitoring temperature and humidity in platform to test if it is suited for monitoring poultry farm.
poultry farm. The materials used to build the prototype is
arduino microcontroller, sensors, and blynk platform. II. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
Rapid Application Development Model was used as guide
to develop the prototype. ISO 9126 was adopted to The goal of this study is to develop a prototype with
evaluate the functionality of the developed prototype. The Blynk IoT platform to monitor the temperature and humidity
respondents agreed that the developed prototype is in the poultry farm with broiler chicken. Specifically, to
indeed functional. determine the materials and sensors to be used, and to
evaluate the acceptability of the developed prototype.
Keywords:- Blynk;IOT; Humidity; Temperature; Poultry
Farm. III. METHODOLOGY

I. INTRODUCTION This study utilized the descriptive developmental

research design and has adopted Rapid Application Model to
With the evolution of technology, Internet of things has develop the prototype.
been very helpful to poultry farming. Using internet of things
it is now very easy to monitor the temperature and humidity in Along objective number 1, the researchers conducted
the poultry farms to be sure that broiler chickens are safe from interview to the IoT experts and conducted a literature survey
heat stress and other cause of mortality. Heat stress is the regarding the suitable sensors to be used in the development
condition in chickens caused by high temperatures, especially of the prototype.
when combined with low airspeed and high relative humidity
(Andrews, 2016). Heat stress is the most dangerous stressor Along objective number 2, the researchers adopted the
that challenges broiler production worldwide, affecting the ISO 9126 to evaluate the functionality and efficiency of the
quality of broiler products (SONG & KING, 2015). Heat developed prototype. Frequency count and mean were use to
stress affects the feed intake in broiler chicken, which analyze the data. Respondents were identified based on
decreases gain weight (Estefan et al., 2018). purposive sampling which is the available poultry farmers and
owners in the Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There were 60
Proper humidity level should be monitored daily. The respondents in this study. To compute the result of the
proper humidity level should be maintained to avoid evaluation tool used in the study, the researchers used the
dampness which causes the growth of infectious mean, frequency count, and Likert Scale was utilized to
microorganisms and the accumulation of toxic gasses. interpret the results with the following description. The scale
Relative humidity in the poultry house should be monitored shows that all responses within the range of 2.60 to 5.00 and
daily. The suggested humidity level for the first week should this implies that the proposed system is acceptable while the
not be below 50%. If it reaches below 50%, the condition in responses in the range of 1.00 to 2.59 means that the system is
the chicken coop is dry and dusty. It could affect the chicks not acceptable in terms of functionality, reliability, usability,
because they will start to dehydrate and have respiratory efficiency, maintainability, and portability. When the results
problems. If this happens, the farmer should increase the of the acceptability come up with the descriptive
humidity level so that the chicks can survive. Meanwhile, the interpretation of “Acceptable”, the developed prototype
suggested humidity level from 18 days onwards should be functions correctly, otherwise, the system must add more
lower than 50% (Pillainc, 2016). functions and features to reach the neutral descriptive
equivalent rating.
In monitoring the poultry farm, Blynk IoT Platform
which is designed for the internet of things has an app, server,
and libraries (Media et al., 2019). Blynk Framework was
tested in a smart home, interfaced with Raspberry Pi. It
monitored and controlled electrical devices via smartphone.

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IV. FINDINGS

Based on the result of the literature survey, the parts of

the developed prototype were identified. Arduino
Microcontroller low cost, with pre-tested software widely
used for DIY electronics and the Internet of Things
((Robinson, 2015: Silva et al., 2018: Khillar, 2019:So-in, et
al.,2014). DHT11 and DHT22 are low-cost sensors used in
monitoring temperature and humidity. Both are small and
easy to pack. However, DHT22 was proven to be more
efficient, precise, and accurate to use in detecting temperature
and Humidity than DHT11 (Foxworth, 2017: Bogdan, 2016:
Kunjumon et al.,2016: Hitimana et al.,2018:Dejan, 2022:
Sipani et al.,2017: Sujeetha,2019). Further, the ESP8266 WiFi
module is a low-cost chip that connects a device to the Fig 3 The developed prototype with casing
Internet. This chip is used in home automation to control the
light of a room. It was proven effective, connecting to existing The developed prototype is evaluated by adopting the
WIFI Infrastructures (Mesquita, J. et al., 2018: Oh, T., 2017: characteristics of ISO 9126, namely: functionality, reliability,
Gupta, V., 2021). usability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability. The
poultry owners and caretakers were present to validate the test
For monitoring purposes, Figure 1 shows the full screen result of the developed prototype. The developed prototype
of the Blynk Dashboard using a browser at the computer. The was connected to a WIFI internet connection and mobile data
dashboard contains the latest detected temperature, humidity. in the other poultry farms. The Blynk Framework was used to
Fig 2 shows the blynk dashboard using mobile phone. Fig 3 monitor the detected values. The developed prototype is tested
shows the developed prototype in a casing. for the different age groups of chicken at the various poultry
farms. It ensures that the developed prototype is functional
based on the specific assigned threshold value adopted in the
study of Based on the findings, the respondents perceived
that the developed prototype was very highly acceptable in
terms of functionality, reliability, usability, efficiency,
maintainability, and portability, with a grand mean of 4.84. It
is described as strongly agree and interpreted as very highly
acceptable. The developed prototype’s usability is the highest
mean rating which interpreted as very highly acceptable. The
lowest mean rating is portability but still interpreted as very
highly acceptable. This implies that the quality of the
developed prototype recognized the quality characteristics of
the ISO/IEC 9126 namely the functionality, reliability,
usability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability.

V. CONCLUSIONS

Based on the result from the findings, the following are

the conclusions: there were identified materials suited as part
Fig 1 Full Screen of the Blynk Dashboard
of the prototype and determined based on its capabilities and
specifications; therefore, it is expected to function at its total
capacity; based on the evaluation of the level of acceptability
of the developed prototype, the respondents perceived that the
developed prototype was very highly acceptable in terms of
functionality, reliability, usability, efficiency, maintainability,
and portability with a grand mean of 4.84. Thus, this implies
that the developed prototype recognizes the quality
characteristics of the ISO/IEC 9126 namely the functionality,
reliability, usability, efficiency, maintainability, and
portability.
Fig 2 Blynk Dashboard using Mobile Phone

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