AUTOMATED SMART HOME SYSTEM USING IoT

Abstract

Smart Home technology is the future of residential related technology which is designed to deliver and distribute number of services inside and outside the house via networked devices in which all the different applications and the intelligence behind them are integrated and interconnected. These smart devices have the potential to share information with each other given the permanent availability to access the broadband internet connection. Hence, Smart Home Technology has become part of IoT (Internet of Things). In this work, a home model is analyzed to demonstrate an energy efficient IoT based smart home. Several Multiphysics simulations were carried out focusing on the kitchen of the home model. A motion sensor with a surveillance camera was used as part of the home security system. Coupled with the home light and HVAC control systems, the smart system can remotely control the lighting and heating or cooling when an occupant enters or leaves the kitchen. The main purposes of this paper is to design and implement a HAS (Home Authomation System) using IoT, capable of controlling and automating the next systems: lightening, cooling, gate locking and seismic warning, through an easy and convenient Android application. The proposed system has a great flexibility based on Wi-Fi technology used to interconnect and control a part of the modules (the relay, LEDs) and its distributed sensors (motion sensor) to HAS server, all being developed around Arduino Uno. The Android application is named “HomeControl”, and it represents the key to an automated home. More and more solutions based on IoT are being developed to transform homes into smart ones, but the problem is that the benefits of home automa- tion are still not clear to everyone as they are not promoted enough, so we cannot talk about a broad mass of consumers already using integrated or DIY solutions to improve their lives. In this paper, we will present a home automation system using Arduino Uno integrated with relevant modules which are used to allow remote control of lights or fans, changes being made on the basis of different sensors data. The system is designed to be low cost and expandable, bringing accessibility, convenience and energy efficiency. And in general I would recomend that the ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module should be equiped with a standard Wi-Fi security so as to protect the network from intrusion.