TIMELINE
Jan-Aug 2021
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Monitoring Devices, Mobile App
ROLE
Researcher, Designer, Engineer, Developer
After knowing the reason why I couldn't get a perfect score in my thesis, I was triggered to do further research. And through this essay, I will tell all RAW and uncut of design processes when improving the knowledge and efficiency of farmers’ work in Boyolali through monitoring devices called FARM.ER.
Because it was created for my thesis then I did all the processes alone by myself.
Agriculture War Room System is a modern monitoring system owned by the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture. It was intended to provide a variety of data that will be useful as a pillar for determining agricultural policy. However almost 1 year after its launch, the AWR System hasn't had a significant impact on Indonesian farmers.
Based on in-depth literacy of the AWR System and understanding the user through interviews, here are the key problems that I found.
Then, based on the key problems that were found, to solve them, I refer to the following defined problems:
<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_gray.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_gray.svg" width="40px" /> How might we create a device that looks like an AWR System—but it’s more accessible, so the farmers can feel the impact of digitalization in the farming sector?
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To ease farmers in monitoring their farms, so they can know their farms’ condition at any time without having to come to the farm directly. It can also help the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture in expanding the monitoring range of agricultural land in Indonesian territory.
By presenting these monitoring devices it can make the farmers more literate in technology—which will have an impact on increasing the quality and quantity of agricultural products.
Before jumping into ideating the solutions, here are 2 types of users and their respective jobs-to-be-done.
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I used the double diamond as the framework of this project. This framework helps me to tackle problems on a deep level and then focus on actual and targeted solutions.
To approach the problems, the first step that I took was mapping out the detail of the system in the form of a block diagram. And then, I brought it to Thesis Advisor to collect feedback and insights.
After the block diagram was approved—but with some notes, I continued to implement it by designing the hardware and mobile app. Here’s the initial design I've made.
The Hardware
This hardware consists of electronic components (left) and a PCB—Printed Circuit Board (right). The purpose of creating this PCB is to reduce the use of jumpers which if it used too much, besides being untidy, it can also cause a short circuit.
For details on how the hardware works, it can be explained through the following flow.
Mobile App
Here's the final output after I did several iterations both on the hardware and app, it has been able to work properly as it should.
1) Tidy Onboarding Page