Development of a Small-Scale Agricultural Water Management Mobile Application
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The aim of this research is to develop an Android smartphone application to demonstrate the water volume data from small water sources to solve the problem of lacking real-time water volume data in agricultural water sources of rural areas to support water management decision-making by connecting to ultrasonic sensor systems installed in 5 real areas in the northeastern region of Thailand, namely Surin, Buriram, Sisaket, Roi Et, and Kalasin provinces. The developed application implements React Native technology for the user side and Ubuntu Server operating system with MySQL database for data management. Additionally, JSON data format is utilized to receive data from sensors into the system on a daily basis. This research uses the Adapted Waterfall system development model with the system testing which applies Black-box Testing technique by information experts and technical testing by field staff. Therefore, the results found that the system is able to fully function as intended according to the designed functions, including displaying real-time water level information, multimedia on water management, information on water sources of each agricultural area, and channels to contact authorities. Moreover, the technical evaluation results from the field use found that the timely data display function was at an excellent level and other aspects were at a good level, with an average error value of data from the water volume sensor at 0.783%. The research results indicate that the developed application is possible to meet the need of area and serve as a guideline for community expansion.
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