HOME AUTOMATION

UNDER THE SUPERVISION

OF
deepali virmani
by
NAYAN AHUJA 00117711621
TUSHAR PANWAR 01317711621
SHASHANK YADAV 03317711621

School of Engineering & Technology Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

– Technical Campus Pitampura, Delhi - 110034
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. 1

PROBLEM STATEMENT & FEASIBILITY STUDY.................................................................2

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS …............................................................3

 ABSTRACT
Home automation involves introducing a degree of computerized or automatic
control to certain electrical and electronic systems in a building. These include
lighting, temperature control, security systems, garage doors, etc. A hardware
system is installed to monitor and control the various appliances. The system
would control the appliances based on its configuration. For example, it could
automatically turn on the lights at a specified time in the evening, or it could
measure the ambient light using a hardware sensor and turn on the lights when it
grows dark. It can also allow a person to control appliances from a remote location,
such as over the internet. For example, one could turn on the air conditioning from
the office, before leaving for home.

This project demonstrates a simple home automation system that allows the user to
control it with a wireless device such as a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth enabled mobile
phone. A desktop PC is used to run the server software. The system allows the user
to control each of the lights and fans individually. It can automatically turn off the
main lights and turn on a night lamp at a specified time. By measuring the signal
strength, it can detect when the user enters a room and automatically turn on the
light and fans, and then automatically turn them off when the user leaves the room.
 PROBLEM STATEMENT & FEASIBILITY STUDY

PROBLEM STATEMENT
The field of Automation has advanced in Industries, as the majority of automobile industry
plants as well as bottling plants have Automated assembly lines. But automation has not yet
penetrated in the homes especially in India.
If automation was to be used in homes, then everyday life would be eased. Simple examples of
the use of automation in the home can be seen in the transfer of water from the under-ground
water tank to the over-head water tank, by sensing the level of water in both the tanks. This
process eases every time effort the user has to put in for filling the tank and also helps in saving
water. Also, people are getting more acquainted daily with the use of Smartphone and tablets
which are capable of doing much of PC’s work handy. So, we have decided to make a low-cost
Embedded System in which smart phones can be used to help automate entire homes. In this
system the user will have remote access and control over all the subsystems present in the house

FEASIBILITY STUDY
 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
 An Android Smartphone
 Bluetooth module RN-42
 Arduino board

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
 Android: Java using Eclipse
 Arduino programming board: C language
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