FINAL YEAR PROJECT- PROJECT

PRESENTATION

SMART REMOTE
CONTROL SYSTEM
(SRCS)
Presented by Malik Saiful Lizan
 INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF PROBLEM STATEMENT

CONTENT OBJECTIVES OF THE

PROJECT
AIMS AND GOALS

LITERATURE REVIEW

METHODOLOGY

EXPECTED RESULT AND

DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION The need for efficient energy consumption
in building sector is increasing every year.
(Ramli K. N. et al, 2014)
More than 50% of the energy consumption
in building is air conditioning. (Hassan J. S.
et al, 2014)
Major factor that influencing the energy
consumption of air conditioner is the
human behavior in monitoring the usage
when not in use.
Energy consumptions by residential
occupants can be minimized if energy
usage is considered. (Hassan J. S. et al, 2014)
The project aimed at inventing a system
that can improve the energy usage by the
occupants.
PROBLEM STATEMENT

Occupant lack of awareness The manual switching The traditional remote

about the energy method which through the controller are easy to lose
consumption of air fixed wall switch board is and the range of wireless is
conditioner or other an  inconvenient method quite short which is within
electrical appliances. when frequent switching 10 meter only.
(Chiaroni D. et al, 2016) operation is required.
(Nagy Z. et al, 2015)
 To investigate and design a
system that user able to
monitor their usage using

OBJECTIVES smartphone.

OF THE The system able to turn on or

off the appliances
PROJECT automatically such as it will
turn off when no one is using
for specific or set periods.

To give user the ability to

switch on or off the
appliances from anywhere at
anytime using a smartphone
over the Internet.
 AIM GOAL
TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY TO BUILD A LOW-COST,
USAGE OF AIR RELIABLE AND SCALABLE
CONDITIONER OR SYSTEM THAT CAN BE USED
OTHER ELECTRICAL TO MONITOR THE STATUS
APPLIANCES. OF USAGE AND REMOTELY
SWITCH ON OR OFF THE AIR
CONDITIONER USING
SMARTPHONE.
LITERATURE REVIEW
COMPARISON BETWEEN SRCS AND POWER
CONSUMPTION METER
COMPARISON BETWEEN WIFI MODULE
AND BLUETOOTH MODULE

COMPARISON BETWEEN WIFI ARDUINO AND

RASPBERRY PI

SELECTED DEVELOPMENT BOARD

(NODEMCU)
SELECTED SENSORS.
BLYNK APP
POWER CONSUMPTION METER VS SRCS
Power Consumption Meter
Monitor from the LCD screen at
the device.
When exceed 1650W it will
display "Overload!" at LCD
display.
Need to plug in and plug out.
(DeBruin S. et al, 2015)
SRCS
Monitor the energy
consumption from smartphone.
Alert the user smartphone if
exceed the limit of usage.
Once lifetime installation.
The limit of usage can be set by
user in smartphone.
The monitoring interface is
more user-friendly.
 Module Comparison
(Gunge V.S., Yalagi P.S., 2016 )

System Based Wifi Based Using Arduino Bluetooth Based Using Arduino

Communication Interface Using WIfi Using Bluetooth

Applications Web and mobile application Phyton supported mobile

User Interface Monitoring and controlling appliances Controlling

Low-cost, Secured, Remotely controlled,

Benefits Ubiquitously accessible, Auto- Secured and low-cost
configurable
 ARDUINO VS RASPBERRY PI
(Maksimovic M. et al,2014)
Arduino (NodeMCU) Raspberry pi
A microcontroller A mini computer
Runs only one program again Run multiple programs at a
and again.
time.
Can be powered using a battery
Difficult to power using a
pack.
battery pack.
Very simple to interface sensors
and actuators. Requires complex tasks for
Low-cost interfacing sensors and
No need external hardware to actuators.
connect internet (Got Wifi chip It is expensive.
built-in). Easily connected to internet.
One USB port only 4 USB port.
Just plug and play device. Need properly shutdown.
C or C++
Phyton is the main language
SELECTED DEVELOPMENT BOARD
The NodeMCU (Node Microcontroller
Unit) is an open source software and
hardware development environment
that is built around a very inexpensive
Sysytem-on-a- Chip (SoC) called the
ESP8266.
An Arduino-like device.
The main component is Esp8266 (Wifi
Module).
With programmable pins.
And built-in wifi chip.
Power via USB.
Low cost (RM15).
Program it via C or LUA Script.
Access it via wifi (ex. HTTP)
 To measure and calculate the
amount of current applied to the
conductor without affecting the
ACS712 CURRENT
performance of the system (Kurde
SENSOR
A., Kulkarni V. S., 2016).
This sensor is use in this project to
generate output that user can

SELECTED monitor their usage.

SENSORS It measure the distance of

physical object by transmitting
ultrasonic sound and then detect
the wave of reflection (Asadullah
HC-SR04 ULTRASONIC M., Ullah K., 2017)
SENSOR This sensor help in detecting
human body or motion to notify
the user and make the system
automatically turn on or off the
appliance.
BLYNK APP
Blynk is an internet-controlled platform for any kind
of development boards such as NodeMCU and
Raspeberry Pi. 
It is a digital dashboard where it can build a GUI by
a simply dragging and dropping the widgets
(Kamal M. M. et al., 2018)
Designed to remotely control equipment, where
data can be displayed, data stored and data
motorized (Kamal M. M. et al., 2018).
Not tied to some specific board or shield (Kamal M.
M. et al., 2018).
Direct pin manipulation with no code writing.
Easy to integrate and add new functionality using
virtual pins .
Connection to the cloud using Wifi, Bluetooth,
Ethernet, USB and more.
 METHODOLOGY

1 2 3 4 5
Structure Gathering the Drawing the basic Testing the Nodemcu Program the Nodemcu
literature review parts needed in concept and Wifi Module
the projects ESP8266

6 7 8 9
Program and Install Control the Nodemcu Testing Phase Train & Validate
Blynk App using the application Model
METHODOLOGY CONT.
UNIT TEST
Test all individual components such as NodeMCU
and sensors functionality.

INTEGRATION TEST

LEVEL OF
Test all integrated components such as
NodeMCU integrate with sensors and Blynk App.

TESTING SYSTEM TEST

Test the entire system such as check that every
kind of user input produces the intended output
across the Blynk application.

ACCEPTANCE TEST
Test the final system such as test the system to a
electrical appliance like light bulb.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
A Prototype of a simple smart remote controller
system (SRCS) which can control and monitor
home appliances using smartphone.

Front End: A mobile application which is Blynk App

to control and monitor the status of electrical
appliances.

Back End: NodeMCU interfaced with ultrasonic

and current sensor which has been programmed
to control and monitor the electrical appliances.
PROTOTYPE SETUP
The prototype testing is conducted to prove the
system's functionality.
The prototype circuit was assembled as shown
in next slide.
The source code that has been created is
uploaded to NodeMCU.
Smartphone portable Wifi hotspot was used as
wireless connection to connect the client (Blynk
App).
Serial Monitor in Arduino IDE software was used
to monitor the outputs of the NodeMCU which
are power consumption value and human body
or motion detection. At the same time, these
output are displayed on the mobile application.
 RESULTS/ OUTPUTS

Serial monitor in Arduino IDE software displaying the

output of NodeMCU after run the Blynk application from
smartphone.
 APPLICATION

Switch
Button

Power Consumption
Value

SRCS application interface displaying the output which

are the power consumption value and a switch button.
 ADDITIONAL FEATURE
Notification
in mobile
Home Screen

The developer able to create an additional feature due to the

extra time, the feature is the system able to notify user when
there is someone in the room and the system will turn on the
appliance.
 COST OF PROJECT

This shows that the system is low cost by comparing it to the

products on the market such as the SonOff Wifi Switch (
lowest price: RM74).
CONCLUSIONS
A system was developed to integrate
different facilities.
A user-friendly application using Blynk
App.
Enabling control of the home model
appliances via smartphone through
Internet connection.
This allow users from anywhere and
anytime to access and monitor their
appliance status.
Awareness of controlling energy
consumption.
Faster home operation and efficient.
Save both energy and time for user.
 Be Inspired

IMAGINATION IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE.
ALBERT EINSTEIN