Design and Optimisation of a Smart House Lighting System using Arduino

The purpose of this paper is to create an intelligent lighting system for a prototype house which will be easily accessible for any mobile phone with an Android operating system. On a smaller scale, the authors determined the characteristics of some mini photovoltaic panels, then designed the lighting system for a house model using Arduino and led rings/bands and successfully created a mobile application to control the lighting fixtures. Using this prototype, the students would be able to see the principles of a smart house and could learn how to use photovoltaic panels on a smaller scale. The use of a mobile app is a plus, highlighting the multidisciplinarity of such a project. The main contribution of this paper is creating a prototype which can be used in the learning process through practice for students as a combination of multiple disciplines from the electrical engineering area, thus optimizing the process of information assimilation.