<p>As technology is advancing so house are also getting smarter.
Modern houses are gradually shifting from convectional switches to centralized
control system, involving remote control switches. Presently, convectional wall
switches located in different parts of the house makes it difficult for user to
go near them to operate. Even it becomes more difficult for elder people and
for physically handicap people to do so.</p>
<p>Internet of
Things (IoT) conceptualizes the
idea of remotely connecting and monitoring real world objects through the Internet. When it
comes to our house, this
concept can be aptly incorporated to make it smarter, safer and automated. It is a concept where each device is
assign to an IP address and through that IP address anyone makes that device
identifiable on internet. The Internet is an evolving entity. It started as the
Internet of Computers. Research studies have forecast an explosive growth in
the number of things or devices that will be connected to the Internet. The
resulting network is called the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is having the
potential to change the lifestyle of peoples. In day today’s life, people
prefer more of automatic systems rather than any manual systems. The major
elements of IoT based home automation system are Raspberry pi and the Relay
along with their driving circuitry. Home automation can be defined as a
mechanism removing as much human interaction as technically possible and
desirable in various domestic processes and replacing them with programmed
electronic systems.</p>
<p>This project is intended to construct a
home automation system that uses any mobile device to control the home
appliances. This home automation system is based on IoT. Home automation is
very exciting field when it uses new technologies like Internet of Things.
Raspberry pi is credit card size computer. Raspberry pi supports large number
of peripherals. Raspberry pi is having different communication media like
Ethernet port, HDMI port, USB port, Display Serial Interface, Camera Serial
Interface, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy. It allows to control number of home
appliances simultaneously.<b><br>
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