Online Monitoring System for Domestic Distribution Box

A new method for domestic distribution box control and monitoring is proposed and developed using an interconnection of microcontroller system, android device and server with internet connection. Data acquisition from the supply voltages inside the distribution box and control of the circuit breakers, are performed to analyze the cause of power disruption and to cut off the faulty line which is usually time consuming to perform manually. The system works by automatically testing each of the plugs connected to determine the cause of the failure and isolate it. With the faulty line or lines being found, the appropriate data will be sent to a server through a wireless connection which will then notify the user the modification made. The advantage of this system is to quickly notify the user the disruption occurred, the possible fault location while allowing the user the flexibility to take any further action by switching the circuit breakers to affirm the cause of failure. Parallel processing via multi-threading in server are used to increment the upper limit of TCP transmission's throughput. Multiple SQLite-database will be used by multiple threads for parallel storage of data to increase performance

Reducing Wastage In Electricity Usage Through The Use Of Advancement In GSM Technology

Due to epileptic nature of electricity in developing economy like Nigeria, people have their electrical loads on mistakenly when leaving homes for offices or offices for homes; and this normally resulting in energy wastages and inefficiencies. These wastages are very detrimental to industrial development; therefore, there is need to make use of advancement in technology to reduce wastage in electricity usage. To that effect, this paper proposes a device that can control home appliances via Global System for Mobile Communication network so as to reduce electrical energy wastages and consequently, enhance industrial sectors growth. In addition, the proposed device will inform the user when utility board restores electricity on the user’s mobile line, display on the mobile line of the user the states of all the connected appliances and receive appropriate command from the user, to either switch ON or OFF specified appliance(s). The various results obtained when the proposed device was tested revealed that it worked according to the design specifications

Smart UV-C Disinfectant Module

The Smart UV Disinfectant device shall sanitize objects which are 18”x14”x8” or smaller and less than 20 lbs. using UV-C light. This device should contain many safety measures to prevent human and animal exposure to the UV-C light and have no public touchpoints to operate the interface. In order to achieve the first objective, this device shall contain a sanitizing chamber which completely encloses the object to be sanitized to prevent outside exposure with detection of any lifeforms inside of the chamber; for the second objective, it will contain a wireless interface to an Android application which can be used to control the device. Because this device is meant for public areas, its interface should allow many applications to one sanitizing module; however, only one application is expected to be controlling the module at any one time. It should complete a sanitizing cycle in a relatively short period of time, in which the entire object is exposed to UV-C light at an intensity high enough to sanitize

Design and Construction of Voice Controlled Smart Power Strip

This paper focuses on voice control for smart power strips, which constitutes the crux of the study. As technology develops, it is obvious that there is a swift increase in the development of smart homes. This is why the project is important because it combines voice control with a secure biometric activator and a wireless connection between the voice control system and the power strip. Through a combination of programming, in-depth research, simulations and analysis of the results, the proposed technique exhibited better performance than the current techniques. The voice recognition module sends signals to the first transceiver, which acts as the transmitter, and from there, to the second transceiver, which acts as the receiver. Finally, the signal is sent to the relay module, which controls the socke

Online Monitoring System for Domestic Distribution Box

A new method for domestic distribution box control and monitoring is proposed and developed using an interconnection of microcontroller system, android device and server with internet connection. Data acquisition from the supply voltages inside the distribution box and control of the circuit breakers, are performed to analyze the cause of power disruption and to cut off the faulty line which is usually time consuming to perform manually. The system works by automatically testing each of the plugs connected to determine the cause of the failure and isolate it. With the faulty line or lines being found, the appropriate data will be sent to a server through a wireless connection which will then notify the user the modification made. The advantage of this system is to quickly notify the user the disruption occurred, the possible fault location while allowing the user the flexibility to take any further action by switching the circuit breakers to affirm the cause of failure. Parallel processing via multi-threading in server are used to increment the upper limit of TCP transmission's throughput. Multiple SQLite-database will be used by multiple threads for parallel storage of data to increase performance

Rapid Prototyping Methodology of Lightweight Electronic Drivers for Smart Home Appliances

Many researches have been conducted in smart home topic. Mostly, they discussed on the specific aspect of application. On the other side, many applications still can be explored and attached into the system. Several main challenges in designing the application devices are system complexity, reliability, user friendliness, portability, and low power consumption. Thus, design of electronic driver is one of the key elements for overcoming these challenges. Moreover, the drivers have to comply the rules of smart home system, data protocol, and application purpose. Hence, we propose a rapid prototyping methodology on designing lightweight electronic drivers for smart home appliances. This methodology consists of three main aspects, namely smart home system understanding, circuitry concept, and programming concept. By using this method, functional and lightweight drivers can be achieved quickly without major changes and modifications in home electrical system. They can be remotely controlled and monitored anytime and from anywhere. For prototyping, we design several drivers to represent common electronic and mechanical based applications. Experimental results prove that the proposed design methodology can achieve the research target

Smart monitoring information system based on RF 433 Mhz (SMIS)

Many research works are devoted to the design of remote control systems of objects. Remote monitoring is among the technologies of data acquisition on a remote object and its characteristics without physical contact with it. These data can be collected by acoustic waves, the distribution of forces and electromagnetic energy to process them to locate the object and its characteristics. This paper presents a smart monitoring information system based on RF 433MHz, Arduinonano and arduinouno named SMIS