The document discusses home automation and introduces a home automation project using an Arduino Uno, voltage regulator, WiFi module, and relay driver circuit IC. It aims to control home appliances remotely using a WiFi connection. The system would allow users to control lights, outlets, and other devices from their phone using apps like Blynk, IFTTT, and Google Assistant for added convenience and energy savings. While home automation provides benefits, it also faces challenges with installation costs, technology complexity, and system compatibility.
2. INTRODUCTION
Several smart technologies, though in the starting phase of their
development, create a futuristic feel to homes. Nowadays, the home
automation market is evolving rapidly; a significant portion of this growth is
enhancing via the tablet market. Smart home DIYers are making good use of
their tablets, converting it into a remote control. The smart home will
continue to evolve as long as people can come to realize that smart homes
are an investment into the future. With the increase in growth of the smart
home market, more users can enjoy potential savings.
Today, many of us are familiar with the smart home basics due to the
advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) into many homes. The Smart Home is
defined as a home system that is completely automated and the appliances
that can be controlled via a WiFi connection remotely. This highly
sophisticated system enables the homeowner to detect and govern the
home’s functions.
3. Home automation is anything that enables you to use your
home’s lighting, heating and appliances more conveniently
and efficiently.
It can be as simple as remote or automatic control of a few
lights, or it can be a complete system that controls all major
parts of your home, custom set to your own personal
preference. Home automation is anything that gives you
remote or automatic control of things around the home.
4. The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into
physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet
connectivity, and other forms of hardware (such as sensors), these devices
can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can
be remotely monitored and controlled.
Home automation has three major parts:
◦ Hardware
◦ Software/Apps
◦ Communication protocols
◦ Each of these parts is equally important in building a truly smart home
experience for your customers. Having the right hardware enables the
ability to develop your IoT prototype iteratively and respond to
technology pivots with ease.
6. Arduino Uno
Voltage regulator
Wifi Module (ESP8266)
Relay Driver Circuit IC
Arduino Uno
Arduino Uno is a very valuable addition
in the electronics that consists of USB
interface, 14 digital I/O pins, 6 analog
pins, and Atmega328 microcontroller.
It also supports serial communication
using Tx and Rx pins
7. Voltage regulator
A voltage regulator is a system designed to automatically maintain a
constant voltage level. Avoltage regulator may use a simple feed-forward
design or may include negative feedback. It may use an electromechanical
mechanism, or electronic components.
Wifi Module (ESP8266)
The ESP8266 WiFi Module is a self contained SOC with integrated TCP/IP
protocol stack that can give any microcontroller access to
your WiFi network. The ESP8266is capable of either hosting an
application or offloading all Wi-Fi networking functions from another
application processor.
To Access with wifi with blynk application you need three things
1.Blynk auth token
2.Name of the Network
3.Passwor of the network
10. The Pros
1. Energy Savings
2. Convenience
3. Security
The Cons
1. Installation
2. Complex Technology
3. System Compatibility
4. Cost
11. Rebuilding consumer expectations, home automation has been projected to
target wide array applications for the new digital consumer. Some of the
areas where consumers can expect to see home automation led IoT-enabled
connectivity are:
Lighting control
Lawn/Gardening management
Smart Home Appliances
Improved Home safety and security
Home air quality and water quality monitoring
AI-driven digital experiences
Smart Switches
Smart Locks
12. As a brief we can say ,Home automation will make
human being to live in their homes more safely and
easily irrespectively of the cost.
In future the home automation system can grab the
market value.
In future home automation system can be used in
Hospitals, Institutions, hotels etc.
