Home Automation

Actually, i forgot to explain about home automation. haha.. All those previous post is about zigbee and the function of xbee, the way xbee communicate with PIC and all the software that decided to use in this project with all the method. And now, I want to explain about home automation that already popular at USA but rarely use in Malaysia. In home automation, it can be build using wired or wireless. But I decided to use wireless because it can be install to the exist home and you no need to renovate your house just to install this application in your house. Wireless also easy to do maintenance. In this project, I've choose xbee as a wireless medium because it is current technology. ZigBee technology can minimizes the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference and also reduce amount of network traffic.

ok


As you all can see picture above, all the things in the house can be automatic. You can control all the light, air-conditioning, surveillance or even watering the grass with using only one controller which can be in term of remote control or touch screen controller or it can be in the computer.

Look at this scenario. Each time you came back home, you need to switch on the light, fan or air-conditioner, and television. Each time you reach home, you need to walk out from your car and open the gate then go back to your car and parked it into garage then walk again to the gate an close it back. Or every week, you need to turn on the sprinklers and turn it off when it finish. But sometimes, you need to go out in the weekend and you forgot to turn it on and the result is your grass all lose their freshness. Or, your electrical bill is overdue because of unlimited usage of electric or forgotten to switch it off when you go out to work in weekdays or go back to your hometown in weekends. And you always feel uncomfortable to go outstation or go back to hometown or go to holiday because worried about your house if it save to leave all your belongings inside there. Sometimes, when you go back home, the environment of your house always the same and you got bored easily and stress because of that.

With this home automation application, all those problem can be solve easily. it is because home automation is design to make your home automatic. Such as turning on the sprinklers at a certain time every day and detecting burglars in the middle of the night. You can simply open the gate from your driver sit without need to move from your position or sensing the presence of the person in a room and adjusting light ambiance, the temperature in the room, the volume of the music, according to different factors like the day of the week and the time. The home ventilation also can be setup by certain time when you feel your home not in the fresh environment.