This document discusses developing an Android application for home automation. The application would allow users to control home devices like lights and appliances remotely from their mobile device by sending SMS messages. A PC at home would be connected to a microcontroller and devices, and use a program to interpret SMS messages and control the devices accordingly. The application would also provide status updates on device states.

1. HOME AUTOMATION USING
ANDROID

2. ABSTRACT
• One of the fastest growing industries now a day is mobile
industry. There are many competitors in this area who are doing
research and development on new platforms & user experience.
Here are examples for those SDKS: Symbian, Blackberry
Windows mobile SDK, IPhone SDK and Android from Google
which is supported by Google phones. These phones are
described as next Generation mobiles.
• In recent years, the home environment has seen a rapid
introduction of network enabled digital technology. This
technology offers new and exciting opportunities to increase the
connectivity of devices within the home for the purpose of home
automation. Usually there are a number of devices associated
with home and an efficient control of these systems is task. The
rapidly advancing mobile communication technology and the
decrease in costs make it possible to incorporate mobile
technology into home automation systems

3. INTRODUCTION
• In recent years, the introduction of network enabled devices into
the home environment has proceeded at an unprecedented rate.
Moreover, with the rapid expansion of the GSM, there is the
potential for the remote control and monitoring of such network
enabled devices. We will develop an android application which
makes the task of home automation very easy and simple for the
user.
• The application will be designed in a way that when the user
chooses any action in the application, an sms will be sent to a
GSM modem or another application which will be connected to
a PC at home which in turn will be connected to a circuit
consisting of a micro controller and sockets for connecting the
devices we wish to control.

4. INTRODUCTION
• The PC contains a program written by us to interpret
the sms received, authenticate whether it was sent by an
authorized user and generate the appropriate signals for
the micro controller.
• The application will be provided with an option to get
the status of the devices in home whether they are in
the off or on status. Since the application has been
developed for mobile devices, the users can control the
devices from any far places. The application also has a
web interface which enables the users to control their

5. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
Processor
:
Pentium IV onwards
RAM
:
1 GB or more
Hard disk space
:
20GB or more

6. • SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
• Operating System :
Windows XP or
above
• Language
:
Java/J2EE and
android
• Java Software
:
JDK 5 or above
• Client side Scripting :
JavaScript
• Database
:
MS ACCESS
• Web Server
:
Apache Tomcat
• Plugin
:
ADT (Android
development tool)

7. • SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
• Operating System :
Windows XP or
above
• Language
:
Java/J2EE and
android
• Java Software
:
JDK 5 or above
• Client side Scripting :
JavaScript
• Database
:
MS ACCESS
• Web Server
:
Apache Tomcat
• Plugin
:
ADT (Android
development tool)