Article,
Home Automation using Android App and Bluetooth
International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, 3 (2): 815--819 (February 2015)
DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150283
Abstract
Smart Home System is the term that describes the intelligent control and monitoring of different home appliances to manage the home environment in an intelligent, safe and comfortable way. Home automation allows us to control home appliances like TV, Refrigerator, AC, fan, etc. Home automation not only refers to reduce human efforts but also plays vital role to save energy and time. The main objective of home automation is to help handicapped and old aged people it will facilitate them to control home appliances. In the present era smart phone market has been dominated by the Android operating system. Smart phones features made to communicate to any other devices using Bluetooth technology. Bluetooth wireless technology is built into billions of products, from cars and mobile phones to medical devices and computers and even forks and toothbrushes. Bluetooth technology allows you to share voice, data, music, photos, videos and other information wirelessly between paired devices. It is an essential element for bringing everyday objects into the connected world. Home Automation System (HAS) has been designed for mobile phones having Android platform to automate an Bluetooth interfaced 8 bit AVR Microcontroller which controls a number of home appliances like lights, fans, bulbs and many more using relays. In houses, lamp switches normally located at a high location and it is hard to reach for the switches without help for kids and disable person including people who unable to move a lot due to accident cases. These problems can be overcome by using the home Automation System Using Android Application & Bluetooth at home which is user friendly and cost efficient
