Abstract:

Objective- Smart Home is an efficient implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) for controlling and monitoring home appliances without much human intervention. This project aims at designing a climbable and price effective home automation system that controls home appliances via smart phone.

Design / Methodology/ Approach- Home automation system uses portable devices as user interface. They can communicate with the home automation network through an Internet gateway, by means of low power communication protocols like Wi-Fi, Zigbee and raspberry pi as server system. Various sensors like PIR sensor, fire detecting sensor, gas leakage detecting sensor and relay drives are used in home automation.

Findings- The user here will move directly with the system through a web-based interface over the web, whereas home appliances like lights, fans are remotely controlled through easy website. An extra feature that enhances the facet of protection is the detection of fire accidents, gas leakage or presence of any intruders.

Limitations- The various future applications may be used by controlling various household devices of house with internet, Industrial automation and management through internet, machine-driven fireplace exit systems, energy and environmental monitoring and improvement of security problems in extremely restricted areas.

Practical implications- The system may be employed in many places like banks, hospitals, labs etc that dramatically cut back the hazard of unauthorized entry. Proof may be given to the safety department if any theft issue happens. It also stores the sensor parameters in the cloud (Gmail) in a timely manner. This will help the user to analyze the condition of various parameters in the home anytime anywhere.

Originality/Value- This paper contains different types of home automation systems based on IoT as literature survey.

Keywords- Raspberry pi, Wi-Fi, Internet of Things, Web Server, Home Automation.