and temperature; and a pH meter to measure the pH
value of nutrient water.
This study was preceded by using the linear
regression method to design a nutrient monitoring
information system for hydroponic plants (Wibowo et
al., 2022). In applying hydroponics, nutrition is a
need that must always be met for plant development,
where each plant requires different nutrients. The
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) is a technique that is
often used in hydroponic cultivation. Because in this
method, the circulation of nutrients in the water will
constantly flow through the plant at any time. So plant
growth is faster because plants get oxygen and
nutrients all the time. The NFT technique is said to be
an energy-intensive technique because the water
pump will run continuously and still use human
power. Previously some studies designed the design
of the same system (Setyo Wibowo et al., 2022). This
study aims to design a nutrient monitoring
information system for hydroponic water spinach
plants with an NFT system to increase the
productivity of hydroponic farmers by automatically
regulating nutrition and monitoring nutrients in
hydroponic plants using the Linear Regression
method. This Linear Regression method can
determine the nutritional valve opening the next day
so that the system can monitor nutrition.
Previously, the internet of things had also been
carried out on oyster mushroom cultivation
(Agustianto et al., 2021). In this study, the fuzzy logic
method was applied to monitor oyster mushroom
cultivation. The research then proceeds to the
adaptive application of temperature and humidity
using a fuzzy neural network algorithm (Hartadi et
al., 2022). The use of modern technology can be a
solution to the above problems. One solution is to use
an Arduino microcontroller and several sensors such
as TDS, pH, and temperature sensors as readings for
hydroponic nutrient water conditions. Real-time
monitoring through the website can also help farmers
to know firsthand the necessity of nutrient water.
Then Farmers can access the website via a
smartphone or laptop. The microcontroller that can be
integrated by Arduino and used to send nutrient water
condition data to the website is the MCU node. The
MCU node sends data using the internet network.
Then the decision determination from the input is
processed using the Sugeno fuzzy logic method—this
study's purpose using it because of the suitability of
the problems described above. Sugeno's fuzzy logic
has a rule in the form of IF-THEN to determine the
desired result in using nutrient water conditions for
hydroponic cayenne pepper. This research aims to
monitor the quality of hydroponic water in real-time
and to produce a tool in the form of an IoT-based
hydroponic system. The decision results from fuzzy
logic calculations of water temperature are used for:
Automating on/off the water pump; Automating the
administration of nutrient concentrations; And
automating the administration of compounds to
neutralize the pH of the water.
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Hydroponics
According to Sardare in (Dudwadkar et al., 2020)
hydroponics is the process of cultivating plants that
do not use soil media but water. Hydroponic plants
can be grown on a household scale as a hobby or a
large scale for commercial purposes. Cultivating this
plant does not require a large area of land. It can also
be done in the yard, on the house's terrace, or in a
greenhouse. Some hydroponic experts suggest
several advantages of the hydroponic system
compared to conventional farming, including more
efficient land use, plants growing without using soil,
no risk for continuous planting throughout the year,
higher and cleaner production quantity and quality,
and fewer human resource requirements. , the use of
fertilizers and water is more efficient, pest and disease
control is more manageable, and the selling price of
crop products is higher than non-hydroponic
products.
2.2 Hydroponic Nutrient Water
Hydroponic nutrient water is a mixture of water with
soluble inorganic minerals used as a nutrient provider
by plants. Plants need 16 nutrients/nutrients for
growth from air, water, and fertilizer. These elements
are carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen
(N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S),
calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), boron (B),
manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn),
molybdenum (Mo) and chlorine (Cl) (Agricultural
Research and Development Agency, 2019). Two
crucial factors in a nutrient solution formula are the
composition of the solution and the concentration of
the solution. These two factors greatly determine crop
production. Each type of plant requires a balance of
the amount and composition of the nutrient solution
and different concentration levels (Swastika et al.,
2017).
Every liquid has TDS (Total Dissolved Solid),
acidity (pH), and temperature. Total Dissolved Solid
(TDS) shows the number of solids dissolved in
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