LitUp-A Wireless Lighting System using IOT

Abhishek Joshi Akshaykumar Athani Prof. Kiran K Tangod

Information Science Information Science Information Science
Gogte Institute of technology Gogte Institute of Technology Gogte Institute of Technology
Belagavi, India Belagavi, India Belagavi, India
rkoabhijoshi@gmail.com akshayathani1212@yahoo.com kirankt@git.edu

Abstract—The world is focalizing towards smart technologies

through wireless communication channel and at the same time In 2011, “The Gartner hype cycle for emerging trends”
facing energy crisis. This article implements the working of RGB (invented by Gartner market research company)included
color model which is essentially an automated eccentric lighting IOT as a new emerging phenomenon. A report stated that
system which works using the ESP8266. We have named this model the IOT would be a $8.9trillion market in 2020. This was
as LitUP. This proposed article includes client-server mechanism published by the IDC in 2013. In January 2014, the
which instructs ESP8266 via a mobile application or website. CES(Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas was held
MQTT protocol is used which is secured form of TCP/IP. This under the theme of IOT and at the same time Google
proposed model controls the intensity, brightness and hue of the
announced to buy Nest for $3.2billion which led to the
lighting system easily with the app or website which has user
friendly interface which provides choice for different types light
mass market awareness of IOT.[2]
depending on the aura. By default the white light will be switched
on when the person enters the room as detected by the PIR sensor.
II IOT Architecture
Keywords—MQTT, ESP8266, Firebase, MIT App Inventor
2,IOT The IOT architecture is bottom up made. The researchers
believe that sensor networks are the most essential
I INTRODUCTION components of IOT. To handle the surge of devices being
What is Internet Of Things? added to the internet space, the IOT requires huge scalability
The Internet Of Things is a network of physical in the network space.
devices, vehicles, buildings etc which can be assigned an IP
The ‘things’ which are actually the sensors send their data
address and provided with the ability to transfer data over a
to an input gateway which then uploads it to the cloud
network.
platform. Here the data is analyzed and optimization is carried
It actually is a environment that gathers information
out in the respective sector. Figure 1 represents the IOT
from multiple devices like computers, vehicles, mobile
architecture.
phones, traffic lights and almost anything with a sensor and
even applications like twitter, facebook and e-commerce
websites. IoT is not only that the technology is constantly
evolving, but that the definition keeps expanding from an
original focus on machine-to-machine (M2M) applications
that communicate without human intervention.

History of IOT
In 1974, TCIP/IP structure that we know today had its
origin. The first website was published in 1991. By the year
1995, multiple websites and systems came were published
online. In 1998 , the real IOT was applied by Mark Weiser, by
developing a water fountain . In 1999 the term IOT was coined
by Kevin Ashton while he was working at Procter & Gamble. Fig.1: IOT Architecture
The term IOT did not come to limelight for next 10 years
though it was popularized earlier by Ashton.[1] IOT Communication Models
From application of point of view it is important to know
how IOT devices connect and communicate.

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 Motion
Detection
Device to Device Communications
Compatibility Available N/A Available

What Devices make it to IOT? Customization N/A Available Available

One important feature is which devices can be connected Usage N/A N/A N/A
to IOT. One of the most important device is mobile. Mobile Monitor
can access internet with the help of IP address and thus can Security None None None
make it to IOT. Even tablets are the access centre of IOT.
Price Moderate Cheap High

IOT Platforms
IOT development can be divided into two parallel
technologies first one is the Wearable and the second one is
the Embedded. Developers can create their own platform and
develop an app for the platform.
Wearable Platform
Tizen is the most popular platform for mobile And other
devices. Tizen SDK has wearable emulator ported thus easier
to use.
Embedded Platform
Android Boards don’t come up with Ethernet Shield. Some
examples of embedded platforms are Android Yun, Arduino,
Raspberry Pi, Intel Galileo etc. Applications like Home
Automation server to Home Multimedia Server can be
developed using Pi. Intel Edision is another IOT board has
integrated BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) and other features. It
supports a wide range of platforms like Arduino, Node.js etc
III MQTT
LitUp mainly makes use of MQTT protocol. MQTT (Message
Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a lightweight messaging
protocol that provides resource-constrained network clients
with a simple way to distribute network clients with a easy
way to distribute network clients with a simple way to
distribute telemetry information as shown in Fig 2. The
protocol, which uses a publish/subscribe communication and
plays an important role in the Internet of Things[4]. MQTT
grants permission to devices to send (publish)
information/data regarding a given topic to a server that
functions as an MQTT message broker. The broker then
pushes the information/data out to those clients that have
previously subscribed to the clients topic. To a human, a topic
looks like a hierarchical file path. Clients can subscribe to a
particular level of a topic’s hierarchy or use a wildcard
character to subscribe character to subscribe to multiple
levels[5].

A. Overview
With internet becoming the must need service for day to
day life, advancement of technology is growing to quickly. In
this paper we propose a system to control the lights through a
webpage or an android application. It can be called a improved
version of the already existing Philips Hue Lighting system.
So, it is a part of home automation. Home automation deals
with the controlling of home appliances automatically using
some control system techniques. It can be called a improved
version of the already existing Philips Hue Lighting system.
LITERATURE SURVEY
Table 1: Different existing works

Parameters LiFX GE Link Philips Hue Fig.2: MQTT Block diagram

Colour Multicolour White Multicolour

Hub No Hub Wink Hub Hue Bridge
Connectivity Wi-Fi Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi,
Zigbee ZigBee

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 ¾ Different modes to select such as party mode, study
mode, relax mode etc have been provided
¾ The usage of the bulbs can also be monitored and
this usage monitor interface has been provided in the
IV Methodology web and mobile application
¾ The timer can also set for the bulbs.

Fig.3 Block diagram of proposed model

Facilities required for the proposed model

1) Hardware Requirements
To implement the prototype proposed automation system, the
following hardware components shall be required: ESP8266,
jumpers, breadboard, RGB LED’s, transistors, diodes, USB

2) Software Requirements
Arduino compiler which will send the the program to the
hardware. Firebase which provides real time data storage and
synchronization, user authentication and more. Android Studio
or MIT App Inventor 2 could be used to build the android app.
Swift can be used to build the IOS app. Fig.4 Screenshot of the App

V SWOT and PDCA analysis

The Hardware interface module consists of ESP8266, mobile
phone or computer, PIR Sensor, RGB Bulb as shown in Fig 3. SWOT Analysis: Strengths
The communication between the different parts is using the ¾ Easy Installation
MQTT protocol. The working is as follows: ¾ Centralized Control
¾ As soon as the user enters the room, the PIR Sensor ¾ Wireless Lighting
detects the motion and the white light will be ¾ Customized Home Environment
switched on. ¾ Reduced Cost
¾ The user can then login using the mobile app or the
web page. SWOT Analysis: Weaknesses
¾ Soon after the authentication, he will get a interface ¾ RGB LED’s and colour mixing
where colour composition for the RGB as shown in ¾ Low Brightness
the Fig.4. ¾ Vulnerable to Hacking
¾ This composition will be converted into hexadecimal ¾ Lower Demand
value and sent to the hardware which will result in ¾ Higher Competition
glowing of that particular light.
¾ The sending of data from the application to the SWOT Analysis: Opportunities
hardware will be done using the online database ¾ Demand for sustainable and green lightning product
called Firebase. ¾ Growing market for energy efficient products
¾ The Programming for this will be done using the ¾ Longer Lifespan
Arduino Programming. ¾ Companion for government target for digital edge
¾ The user can also choose the lights depending on the
Aura. SWOT Analysis: Threats
¾ Highly Competitive

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 ¾ Duplicate Products
¾ Cost Fluctuations
¾ Cheaper availability
¾ Less Secure
The Fig. 4 shown depicts the PDCA analysis of the
proposed model. PDCA is an iterative four step
management method used in the implementation of
the proposed model for the continuous improvement
of the proposed model.
Plan: A working hypothesis of the proposed model is
developed where a plan driven approach is followed
and all the requirements of the proposed model are
established to develop the solution for the same.
Do: The proposed solution of the model is developed
and implemented.
Check: Continuous monitoring and evaluation of the
proposed model and reporting the results.
Act: Document the results, note down the process
changes, and make recommendations for the
proposed model to be addressed in the next PDCA
cycle.
Customization Available
Usage Monitor Available
Security Security device Compatible
Price Cheapest
VII Conclusion and Future scope
Innovative companies are adopting IOT strategy and
technology to go back to their thoughts on their services and
products and discuss the same with the customers.[6]The
developments in smart devices and cloud
Computing is enabling rapid development in the area of
Internet of Things [3]. Thus, the proposed model will also be a
part of home automation. As world is becoming more
digitised, we also lead to a digitised home. Thus, we develop a
energy efficient wireless lighting system with customized
environment.
The future scope is to implement this model even in the rural
areas so that everyone make use of it. Every home is to be
digitised as it leads to low cost and energy efficient lighting
system.

References

[1]Jeff, “The history of IOT” from

http://internetofthingsrecruiting.com/the-history-of-iot/
[2]Knud Lasse Lueth,”Why internet of things is called internet of
things”,09 December 2014 from https://iot-analytics.com/internet-of-things-
definition/
[3] A novel architecture for IOT and smart community by Sreeram M IEEE
Member and Research Associate Tapaya Technologies LLP,Kozhikode,
Kerala, India manghat.sreeram@gmail.com Sreeja M IEEE Member
sreeja.manghat@gmail.com
[4] http://internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com/definition/MQTT-MQ-
Telemetry-Transport

Fig.5: PDCA Analysis [5] Design of an Energy Efficient IoT enabled Smart System based on DALI
network over MQTT protocol 1Aniruddha Sinha 2 Shubham Sharma 3 Puja
Goswami 4Vivek Kumar Verma 5Munish Manas
http://kresttechnology.com/krest-academic-projects/krest-mtech-
projects/ECE/M%20Tech-ECE%20EMBEDDED%202017-
VI Results 18/MTECH%20IEEE%20ECE%20EMB%20BASE%20PAPER/5.pdf
Table 2: How is it better? [6] Future scope of IOT https://www.quora.com/What-is-IOT-and-its-scope-
Parameters LitUp in-future

Colour Multicolour
Hub Hub required
Connectivity Wi-Fi
Motion Detection Available
Compatibility Available

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