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IoT based Simple Home Automation using Raspberry Pi

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 IoT based Simple Home Automation using
Raspberry Pi
Aditya Vikram Jajodia#1, Suprabhat Das*2
#1
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering.
Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management.
24/1A, Chandi Ghosh Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
1aditya.v.jajodia@gmail.com

*Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering.

Amity University Kolkata.
Major Arterial Road, Action Area II, Rajarhat, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
*2
suprabhatdas9@gmail.com

Abstract— There has been an upsurge recently in

These include but are not limited to Tube lights,
the Industry of smart electronic devices that has
Bulbs, Fans, TVs, Refrigerators, Washing Machines,
considerably eased their interfacing with each other.
Water Purifiers and others, with a further scope of
This is due to some common elements in their
expansion. As a necessity we will also provide
hardware. In most cases, we found that the
systems to control the standard home sockets and
hardware stack across various unrelated devices are
switches to enable complete control over all the
perfectly compatible with each other which paves a
systems of the house. However, high Power
way to deploy a common mechanism for their
consuming devices such as Iron, Geyser, Induction
interfacing. Controlling each of these devices
cooker and others which fall in this category are
requires a central control unit; typically, a computer
exempted from the scope of this project, hence the
system which was difficult and costly until a few
word “Simple”.
years ago. Now, with the advent of the low cost, easy
to deploy and maintain Microcomputers like II. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Raspberry Pi, it has become super easy even for a
school student to control high voltage devices The main component of the system will be the
without any huge risks involved in the wiring and Raspberry Pi board i.e. the Brain of the system. The
programming. Our work focuses on the idea of pi board consists of a processor and hosts a Linux
creating and deploying a simple home automation Operating System named Raspbian Jessie tailor
system with minimum cost and simple programming. made to suit the needs of IoT. Raspbian Jessie is a
highly stable Operating System with Inbuilt support
Keywords — Microcomputers, Raspberry Pi, for Python and other programming languages like
Interfacing, Programming, Relay. Java, C and C++.
I. INTRODUCTION We’ll mainly use Python in our code for the
automation system and NodeJS along with other
Raspberry Pi is a microcomputer development board suitable development tools will be used to create the
which can be used to make DIY projects on IoT. web interface so that the system can be made
Over here, we are using a Raspberry Pi board along accessible from anywhere in the Globe. It will be
with the relevant modules and switches to create a possible to know the status of the electronic
simple home automation project. The pi board is at components of the house as all the information will
the base of all the connections, working as a brain of be available right inside the web interface.
our home and we are automating almost all the
electrical and electronic components of our home We are also planning to create an Android
which fall under the rating of up to 250V 10A or an Application to make it easier to control the Devices.
equivalent power of 2500V where the maximum
voltage must not exceed 250V (which is much above The Raspberry Pi, being the center of the system,
the standard household supply) and the current must will be connected to an Internet enabled router and
not exceed 10 Amperes. will host the Webserver on its platform. The
webserver will host the web interface and will
The project will cover all the electronic components communicate with the Android Application for the
which are necessarily required in households. control of devices.

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 III. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS IV. DEMONSTRATION
The components required for this project are listed For demonstration purposes and for starting the
below with their short description, the costs and project on a small scale, we won’t require so much
other price related information is detailed in the equipment. We’ll start off this project for automating
Fund Report. Please note that we may need only 4 bulbs and for that all that we’ll need is:
additional components if deemed necessary.
• Wireless Router [same as earlier]
• An Internet enabled standard wireless router – • Raspberry Pi [same as earlier]
This component will act as a bridge between the • 1 X 4-switch relay module
Raspberry Pi, the Android Application and the • Breadboard
Internet. [A tested compatible hardware is TP-Link • Connecting Wires
TL-WR740N 150 Mbps wireless router] • 4 low power bulbs
• Holders for the bulbs
• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B • 220VAC Power Supply
• A SanDisk Ultra 16 GB Micro SD card for
installing the OS This is all we need for a basic demonstration setup.
• Relay Modules as per the requirements – One For a more advanced setup as described earlier, the
relay module can replace one switch, so we need one needs may vary depending on different factors.
relay module for each ON/OFF switch
• Connecting wires – As per the requirement A simple video demonstration made by us is
• Breadboard available in the link mentioned - bit.ly/2ARQ16S
• MCP23017 – I2C I/O Expander
• Electronic devices [Light bulbs] for performing
the automation. V. TIMELINE
The total time depends on many factors ranging
These are the basic requirements for building a from basic implementation to implementation on a
stable project of Simple Home Automation. bigger scale. Also, the testing needs to be done
before final approval. Considering that we’ll work
A simple illustration for a 3 BHK apartment is given on it for 3 hours per week which comes to 12 hours
below: per month, it can take from 3 months to 5 months
from the start date for completion which means it’ll
take a minimum of 36 hours and a maximum of 60
hours.

VI. CONCLUSION
As we all are aware that the world is getting more
and more connected and IoT does just that. Many
tech entrepreneurs are already starting off with IoT
and making huge profits out of it. Keeping the
profits aside, if we think of it in a broader way, then
we conclude that IoT has a great future and in the
next five years, it is going to revolutionize the world.
IoT is like clay that can be molded in any way we
wish, if provided with enough skills and expertise.
In this implementation, we need 35 switches i.e. 35 We are glad that we are pioneers of the IoT age.
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