Automated Smart Home Based on Arduino Applications

Integrating technology and services within a smart home can reduce the need for human intervention, increase security and energy efficiency. A smart home automation is used to do some frequently activities which are performed in daily living. It is developed to obtain an inviolable and comfortable environment to make a better quality of live and also to assist the needs of elderly and disabled in their homes. However, it remains an open issue due to the available difficulties such as network distance, signal interference, unfriendly user, increased cost and power consumption. In this paper, an automated smart home is designed that is used to monitor the home devises and support independent living of human. Simple sensor network and Bluetooth compatible with an Arduino microcontroller are used. Sensors and smart electronic devises are the physical components which are used as interaction with home objects. In addition, to efficiently control the home automation appliances and get alarms a smartphone with Android applications are used. Moreover, for security purposes, a global system mobile communication is implemented to decrease the possibilities of an intrusion. The home automation and security are divided into sections depending on the planning house so it can be scalable and improvable if the home plan is changed. Also, more than one way of controlling can be used either by smartphones with Web applications, or by humans themselves. It is shown that such wireless home automation system controlled by smartphone, especially for Android devices, have been successfully implemented either via Bluetooth technology or by using low-cost Wi-Fi modules for some sensors to upload their data quickly.