Here’s the reference architecture we deploy most often for rivers, lakes and aquaculture.
The stack
- Sensing: HFY-WQ600 multi-parameter sonde (pH, DO, conductivity, turbidity, T)
- Edge: HFY-DL100 LoRaWAN logger polls the sonde every 5–15 minutes
- Network: one LoRaWAN gateway covers typical farm / river stretch; NB-IoT gateways for remote points
- Platform: ThingsBoard CE on a $10/month VPS — dashboards, alarms, reports
Why ThingsBoard
- Open-source (CE) — no vendor lock-in, self-hosted data
- Rule chains make alarms trivial: DO < 4 mg/L → WhatsApp alert to farm staff
- Customer portals: each farm sees only its ponds
Typical dashboard
Site map with status colors, live parameter cards, 30-day trends, and an alarm history table. Mobile-first — farmers check it like a weather app.
Getting started
We offer the full stack as one package: sensors + gateways + deployed, branded platform. Request the starter quote or read more about our platform services.