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GUI Based Home Automation using Arduino and MATLAB

We all are familiar with the word Automation, where the human interaction is minimal and things can be controlled automatically or remotely. Home
automation is very popular and demanding concept in the eld of Electronics, and we are also making our best efforts to make this concept easily
understandable and manageable as Electronics Projects. We have previously developed several types of Home Automation Projects with a working
Video and Code, please check:
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DTMF Based Home Automation (http://circuitdigest.com/electronic-circuits/dtmf-based-home-automation-system)

GSM Based Home Automation using Arduino (http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/gsm-based-home-automation-using-arduino)
PC Controlled Home Automation using Arduino (http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/arduino-home-automation-project)
Bluetooth Controlled Home Automation using 8051 (http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/bluetooth-controlled-home-automation-using-
8051)
IR Remote Controlled Home Automation using Arduino (http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/ir-remote-controlled-home-appliances)

And in this project,we are going to build our next home automation project using MATLAB and Arduino, which is GUI Based Home Automation System
Using Arduino and MATLAB

Components:
Arduino UNO
USB Cable
ULN2003
Relay 5 volt
Bulb with holder
Connecting wires
Laptop
 Power supply
PVT

Working Explanation:
In this project, we are using MATLAB with Arduino to control the Home appliances, through a Graphical User Interface in Computer. Here we have
used wired communication for sending data from computer (MATLAB) to Arduino. In computer side, we have used GUI in MATLAB to create some
buttons for controlling home appliances. For communication between Arduino and MATLAB, we rst need to install the MATLAB and Simulink Support
for Arduino or Arduino IO Package. To do so follow the below steps or check the video below:

1. Download the Arduino IO Package from here (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/ leexchange/32374-legacy-matlab-and-simulink-support-

for-arduino). You need to Sign up before download.
2. Then Burn/upload the adioe.pde le to the Arduino using Arduino IDE. This adioe.pde le can be found in Arduino IO Package
ArduinoIO\pde\adioe\adioe.pde
3. Then open the MATLAB software, go through the Arduino IO folder, open the install_arduino.m le and Run it in Matlab. You will see a message of
Arduino folders added to the path in command window of MATLAB, means MATLAB path is updated to Arduino folders.

Thats how we make the Arduino, communicate with MATLAB. Above method is suitable for MATLAB R2013b or earlier versions, if you are using the
higher version of MATLAB (like R2015b or R2016a), you can directly click on Add-ons Tab in MATLAB and then click Get Hardware Support Packages,
from where you can install Arduino packages for MATLAB.

After installing les, now you can create a GUI for Home Automation Project. Basically in GUI, we are creating Push Buttons for controlling the home
appliances from computer. Buttons can be created by going into Graphical User Interface in New menu in MATLAB. Further we can set the name and
colours of these buttons, we have created 8 buttons, in which six to ON and OFF three home appliances and two buttons to ON and OFF all the
appliances simultaneously.

Now after creating the buttons, when you click on Run button in that GUI window, it will ask you to save this GUI le (with extension . g), also known as
g le. As soon you saved the le, it will automatically create a code le (with extension .m), also known as M le (see below screen shot), where you
can put the Code (given in Code section below). You can download the GUI le and Code le for this project from here: Home_Automation_system. g
(http://circuitdigest.com/sites/default/ les/Home_Automation_system. g) and Home_Automation_system.m
(http://circuitdigest.com/sites/default/ les/Home_Automation_system.m)(right clickand select Save link as...), or you can create them yourself like we
have explained.


After coding you can now nally Run the .m le from the code window, you will see Attempting connection.. in the command window. Then a Arduino
successfully connected message appears, if everything goes well. And nally you will see previously created GUI (buttons) in GUI window, from where
you can control the home appliances by just clicking on the buttons in your Computer. Make sure that Arduino is connected to Arduino via USB cable.
Here in this project we have used 3 bulbs for demonstration, which indicates Fan, Light and TV.

Working of the wholeproject, from installing the Arduino MATLAB support package to Turn On or OFF the appliance, can be understood at the Video at
the end.

Circuit Explanation:
Circuit of this project is very easy. Here we have used an Arduino UNO board and Relay Driver ULN2003 for driving relays. Three 5 volt SPDT Relays are
connected to Arduino pin number 3, 4 and 5, through relay driver ULN2003, for controlling LIGHT, FAN and TV respectively.
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Programming Explanation:
When we press any button from the GUI window then it sends some commands to Arduino and then Arduino do that operation. After installing Arduino
MATLAB IO support package, we can access Arduino from the MATLAB by using the same Arduino functions, with some little variation, like:

For making a pin HIGH in Arduino we write code as digitalWrite(pin, HIGH)

In MATLAB we will use this function with the help of an object or variable like,

a.digitalWrite(pin, HIGH);

and likewise so on.

Before doing this we have to initialise variable like this:

a = Arduino(COM1); // change COM1 according to your port

In this project, there is no Arduino code except the Arduino MATLAB support package code or le. As explained earlier that code le (.m le) is
automatically generated while saving the GUI le (. g le). There is already some code prewritten in .m le. Basically these are Callback functions for
Push buttons, means we can de ne what should happen on clicking on these Push Buttons.

In MATLAB code, rst we initialise serial port and make it an object by using a variable. And then we can start programming like Arduino using the
variable.
 clear ar;
global ar;
ar=arduino('COM13');
ar.pinMode(3, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(4, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(5, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(13, 'OUTPUT');

In the call back function of each button, we have written the related code for On or OFF the respective Home Appliances, connected to Arduino via Relay.
Like for example, Callback function for Light ON is given below:

function light_on_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

% hObject handle to light_on (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(3, 1);
ar.digitalWrite(13, 1);

Likewise we can write the code in the Callback functions of all the buttons, to control the other connected Home Appliances, check the full MATLAB Code
below (.m le).
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Code:
function varargout = Home_Automation_system(varargin)
% HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM MATLAB code for Home_Automation_system. g
% HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM, by itself, creates a new HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM or raises the existing
% singleton*.
%
% H = HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM returns the handle to a new HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM or the handle to
% the existing singleton*.
%
% HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM('CALLBACK',hObject,eventData,handles,...) calls the local
% function named CALLBACK in HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM.M with the given input arguments.
%
% HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM('Property','Value',...) creates a new HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM or raises the
% existing singleton*. Starting from the left, property value pairs are
% applied to the GUI before Home_Automation_system_OpeningFcn gets called. An
% unrecognized property name or invalid value makes property application
% stop. All inputs are passed to Home_Automation_system_OpeningFcn via varargin.
%
% *See GUI Options on GUIDE's Tools menu. Choose "GUI allows only one
% instance to run (singleton)".
%
% See also: GUIDE, GUIDATA, GUIHANDLES

% Edit the above text to modify the response to help Home_Automation_system

% Last Modi ed by GUIDE v2.5 28-Feb-2016 01:59:17

% Begin initialization code - DO NOT EDIT

gui_Singleton = 1;
gui_State = struct('gui_Name', m lename, ...
'gui_Singleton', gui_Singleton, ...
'gui_OpeningFcn', @Home_Automation_system_OpeningFcn, ...
'gui_OutputFcn', @Home_Automation_system_OutputFcn, ...
'gui_LayoutFcn', [] , ...
'gui_Callback', []);
if nargin && ischar(varargin{1})
gui_State.gui_Callback = str2func(varargin{1});
end
if nargout
[varargout{1:nargout}] = gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
else
gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
end
% End initialization code - DO NOT EDIT

% --- Executes just before Home_Automation_system is made visible.

function Home_Automation_system_OpeningFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles, varargin)
% This function has no output args, see OutputFcn.
% hObject handle to gure
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% varargin command line arguments to Home_Automation_system (see VARARGIN)

% Choose default command line output for Home_Automation_system

handles.output = hObject;

% Update handles structure

guidata(hObject, handles);

clear ar;
global ar;
ar=arduino('COM13');
ar.pinMode(3, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(4, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(5, 'OUTPUT');
ar.pinMode(13, 'OUTPUT');

% UIWAIT makes Home_Automation_system wait for user response (see UIRESUME)

% uiwait(handles. gure1);

% --- Outputs from this function are returned to the command line.
function varargout = Home_Automation_system_OutputFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% varargout cell array for returning output args (see VARARGOUT);
% hObject handle to gure
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

% Get default command line output from handles structure

varargout{1} = handles.output;

% --- Executes on button press in light_on.

function light_on_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to light_on (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(3, 1);
ar.digitalWrite(13, 1);

% --- Executes on button press in light_off.

function light_off_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to light_off (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(3, 0);
ar.digitalWrite(13, 0);

% --- Executes on button press in fan_on.

function fan_on_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to fan_on (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(4, 1);

% --- Executes on button press in fan_off.

function fan_off_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to fan_off (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
 % handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(4, 0);

% --- Executes on button press in tv_on.

function tv_on_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to tv_on (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(5, 1);

% --- Executes on button press in tv_off.

function tv_off_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to tv_off (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(5, 0);

% --- Executes on button press in all_on.

function all_on_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to all_on (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(3, 1);
ar.digitalWrite(4, 1);
ar.digitalWrite(5, 1);

% --- Executes on button press in all_off.

function all_off_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to all_off (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be de ned in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
global ar;
ar.digitalWrite(3, 0);
ar.digitalWrite(4, 0);
ar.digitalWrite(5, 0);

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Comments (8)

reply (/comment/reply/265/1856)
Tejo Susiratmoko
Suitable ... interested in using
Mar 25, 2016

reply (/comment/reply/265/2032)
dana
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Dear Saddam,
I have been searching for weeks on a way to link between Arduino and GUI
I have created a GUI of two push buttons and an edit box.When i click one of the buttons it would increments and the other would decrements..I
13 need to connect these two buttons to two pushbuttons on Arduino, that is when I push the button of Arduino it would increment or decrement in
Shares
GUI.
I would really really appreciate your help.
8
Thank you
Apr 02, 2016
1

reply (/comment/reply/265/2854)
1 Hussein Ali
Pls can you give me the matlab gui le because i need it and i am not familiar with matlab coding
May 12, 2016

reply (/comment/reply/265/3163)
Abhishek
Link to Download the GUI le (. g) is already given in Working Explanation, with the name Home_Automation_system. g. Right click on
that link and Click on "Save link as..."
May 28, 2016

reply (/comment/reply/265/11888)
Vipul
Error using HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM>HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM_OutputFcn (line 77)
Failed to open serial port COM4 to communicate with board Uno. Make sure there is no other MATLAB
arduino object for this board. For troubleshooting, see Arduino Hardware Troubleshooting.
Error in gui_mainfcn (line 264)
feval(gui_State.gui_OutputFcn, gui_hFigure, [], gui_Handles);
Error in HOME_AUTOMATION_SYSTEM (line 42)
gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
I am getting this error while running this program please help
Mar 12, 2017
 reply (/comment/reply/265/14833)
abhinav
I would like to know what do you mean by PVT in components required.
May 31, 2017

reply (/comment/reply/265/15866)
Abhishek
PVT is terminal block with screw on relay module block.
Jul 06, 2017

reply (/comment/reply/265/15761)
vamshi teja
after showing aurdino connected successfully ..when we click on push buttons its working properly.but after some period of time its showing an
error of .."Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback"..and all the push buttons are been disabled..please sort it out
Jul 03, 2017

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