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Aquafarming

TPS and AppBlocks® for Aquatic Agriculture

The world's rivers, seas, and oceans are struggling to meet the demand for seafood as overfishing continues to disrupt aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic farming has emerged to counter the dwindling supply of natural resources. Also known as aquafarming, this practice involves cultivating aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and aquatic plants in controlled environments. Aquafarming can be conducted in freshwater, brackish water, and marine settings, with farms established in natural or artificial water bodies. Artificial water bodies, in particular, require substantial monitoring to maintain optimal living conditions for aquatic flora and fauna.

Tibbo Project System (TPS) devices are ideally suited for creating water monitoring solutions for aquatic farms, and the AppBlocks Platform facilitates the efficient design of monitoring algorithms.

Water Quality Monitoring

Aquafarming requires careful monitoring of many water parameters, including temperature, pH level, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), ammonia, turbidity, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), and nitrites/nitrates. These parameters are essential for the survival and growth of aquatic life, and there are specialized vendors offering sensors for monitoring them. These sensors typically have Modbus, analog voltage, or 4-20mA interfaces. Tibbo Project System (TPS) devices interface seamlessly with all three types, while the AppBlocks platform makes writing related automation applications a breeze.

Water Level Sensing and Control

Water level sensing helps track water levels in reservoirs, ponds, lakes, rivers, and water towers. This is typically achieved with ultrasonic distance meters, available in versions specifically designed for liquid level measurement. Ultrasonic distance meters come with RS232 or analog voltage outputs, both of which can be easily connected to Tibbo Project System (TPS) devices and integrated into monitoring applications using the AppBlocks platform. TPS devices can also control the water levels in artificial ponds and water towers by turning water pumps on and off or opening and closing water gates.

No-Code Development with AppBlocks

No-code software development is the future because no one has the time to write and debug complex applications line-by-line.

Enter AppBlocks, a no-code, flowchart-based, in-browser application development platform for TPS and other Tibbo OS (TiOS) devices. With AppBlocks, you can both configure TPS hardware and Tibbits for purchasing, as well as create applications for your configured hardware.

Don’t write your apps, draw them! Point and click through the entire development process. When your app is ready for testing, upload it onto a TPS device and debug it directly from the browser. AppBlocks generates functional Tibbo BASIC applications that are ready for deployment directly

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