Smart Fish Crackers Drying Tray

Abstract

Fish crackers are popular food in Southeast Asian nations, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia. Malaysia's cracker-producing states include Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Kedah, and Sarawak. The freshness of the fish, the type of fish used, the ratio of the primary components, and the preparation technique all influence the quality of the crackers. The seven critical processes in manufacturing and producing fish crackers include cutting fish, mixing all components, forming dough, steaming, slicing crackers, drying, and packaging. The process of drying fish crackers is the most significant step. Due to weather uncertainty, drying fish cracker is a challenging process and human monitor is a laborious process to ensure the fish cracker do not spoil by sudden rain. Therefore, a Smart Fish Crackers Drying Tray with an Internet of Things (IoT) system and renewal solar energy was proposed and developed. This Smart Fish Cracker Drying Tray can store and open the tray from roof within 5 seconds with a motorized system automatically based on weather condition which is controlled by microcontroller WeMos without a human caretaker. This innovation can also monitor the environment's temperature, weather, humidity, and the brightness of sunshine and share the data in cloud accessed by smartphone via Blynk IoT application. The proposed innovation can increase the cracker drying quantity and quality.