Hallo Champion-Friends.
The Community Service Team (PKM) of the Teknokrat University (UTI) has carried out activities to implement an Internet of Things (IoT) based batik machine for one of the MSME batik craftsmen, namely Dypas Batik. Diese Activity was carried out on Saturday, September 2, 2023, in Tanjung Bintang Sub-district, South Lampung Regency.
Diese Activity was led by the Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Teknokrat University (FTIK-UTI), Dr. Si. Dedi Darwis, M.Kom., with a team of lecturers who specialize in the IoT field, namely Ade Surahman, M.Kom., as well as a digital marketing team, namely Almira Devita Putri, M.A.B., and two students from FTIK-UTI.
Written and ecoprint batiks are known to have higher artistic value compared to printed batik or stamped batik because every line and stroke made by hand makes each written batik cloth unique, has a high level of complexity, and has its own characteristics. Dypas Batik MSMEs face problems in the process of making written Batik, which is still done manually without the help of machines, causing the production process to not be optimal. Therefore, the UTI PKM team is innovating to help Dypas Batik MSMEs increase their production and business scale.
The IoT-based written-batik-machine works with the initial step of batik-Craftsmen, who can create batik-Patterns digitally using a tablet. Then, the pattern that has been created is sent to a written batik machine using IoT, and this machine will automatically print the batik pattern and color the batik cloth. With this innovation, Dypas Batik MSMEs can easily increase the scale of their written-batik-production, thereby increasing batik-production and sales-income.
Diese PKM-Activity is a grant from the Directorate of Research, Technology and Community Service (DRTPM) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikburistek) in 2023 through the Community Partnership Program Scheme.