27-09-2014, 03:28 PM
Home Automation and Security System Using
Android ADK
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Abstract
—Today we are living in 21st century where
automation is playing important role in human life. Home
automation allows us to control household appliances like
light, door, fan, AC etc. It also provides home security and
emergency system to be activated. Home automation not
only refers to reduce human efforts but also energy
efficiency and time saving. The main objective of home
automation and security is to help handicapped and old
aged people which will enable them to control home
appliances and alert them in critical situations.
This paper put forwards the design of home automation
and security system using Android ADK. The design is
based on a standalone embedded system board Android
ADK(Accessory Development Kit) at home. Home
appliances are connected to the ADK and communication
is established between the ADK and Android mobile
device or tablet. The home appliances are connected to the
input/output ports of the embedded system board and
their status is passed to the ADK. We would develop an
authentication to the system for authorized person to
access home appliances. The device with low cost and
scalable to less modification to the core is much important.
It presents the design and implementation of automation
system that can monitor and control home appliances via
android phone or tablet
INTRODUCTION
Home automation is automation of the home, housework or
household activity. Home automation may include centralized
control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air
conditioning), appliances, and other systems, to provide
improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and
security. The concept of home automation has been around for
a long time and products have been on the market for decades,
though no one solution has broken through to the mainstream
yet. Home automation for the elderly and disabled can provide
increased quality of life for persons who might otherwise
require caregivers or institutional care. It can also provide a
remote interface to home appliances or the automation system
itself, via telephone line, wireless transmission or the internet,
to provide control and monitoring via a smart phone or web
browser. This paper will describe the approach which we are
implementing to control various home appliances with Android
smart phone.
Android ADK
ADK stands for Accessory Development Kit. Android
accessory is a physical accessory that can be attached to your
Android device. [12] These particular devices perform specific
actions. For USB accessories to be supported on a particular
device, there must be support for the accessory-mode, a special
means of connecting over the USB port. This allows data
transfer between devices and external peripherals.
FUTURE WORK
Looking at the current situation we can build cross platform
system that can be deployed on various platforms like iOS,
Windows. Limitation to control only several devices can be
removed by extending automation of all other home
appliances. Security cameras can be controlled, allowing the
user to observe activity around a house or business. Security
systems can include motion sensors that will detect any kind
of unauthorized movement and notify the user. Scope of this
project can be expanded to many areas by not restricting to
only home. It will be flexible to support various wired as well
as wireless technologies like Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, World
Wide Web.
. CONCLUSION
This is an ongoing project. Our prime objective is to assist
handicapped/old aged people. This paper gives basic idea of
how to control various home appliances and provide a security
using Android phone/tab. This project is based on Android and
Arduino platform both of which are FOSS(Free Open Source
Software). So the overall implementation cost is very cheap
and it is affordable by a common person. Looking at the
current scenario we have chosen Android platform so that most
of the people can get benefit.
The design consists of Android phone with home automation
application, Arduino Mega ADK. User can interact with the
android phone and send control signal to the Arduino ADK
which in turn will control other embedded devices/sensors.
We have discussed a simple prototype in this paper but in
future it can be expanded to many other areas.
Android ADK
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Abstract
—Today we are living in 21st century where
automation is playing important role in human life. Home
automation allows us to control household appliances like
light, door, fan, AC etc. It also provides home security and
emergency system to be activated. Home automation not
only refers to reduce human efforts but also energy
efficiency and time saving. The main objective of home
automation and security is to help handicapped and old
aged people which will enable them to control home
appliances and alert them in critical situations.
This paper put forwards the design of home automation
and security system using Android ADK. The design is
based on a standalone embedded system board Android
ADK(Accessory Development Kit) at home. Home
appliances are connected to the ADK and communication
is established between the ADK and Android mobile
device or tablet. The home appliances are connected to the
input/output ports of the embedded system board and
their status is passed to the ADK. We would develop an
authentication to the system for authorized person to
access home appliances. The device with low cost and
scalable to less modification to the core is much important.
It presents the design and implementation of automation
system that can monitor and control home appliances via
android phone or tablet
INTRODUCTION
Home automation is automation of the home, housework or
household activity. Home automation may include centralized
control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air
conditioning), appliances, and other systems, to provide
improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and
security. The concept of home automation has been around for
a long time and products have been on the market for decades,
though no one solution has broken through to the mainstream
yet. Home automation for the elderly and disabled can provide
increased quality of life for persons who might otherwise
require caregivers or institutional care. It can also provide a
remote interface to home appliances or the automation system
itself, via telephone line, wireless transmission or the internet,
to provide control and monitoring via a smart phone or web
browser. This paper will describe the approach which we are
implementing to control various home appliances with Android
smart phone.
Android ADK
ADK stands for Accessory Development Kit. Android
accessory is a physical accessory that can be attached to your
Android device. [12] These particular devices perform specific
actions. For USB accessories to be supported on a particular
device, there must be support for the accessory-mode, a special
means of connecting over the USB port. This allows data
transfer between devices and external peripherals.
FUTURE WORK
Looking at the current situation we can build cross platform
system that can be deployed on various platforms like iOS,
Windows. Limitation to control only several devices can be
removed by extending automation of all other home
appliances. Security cameras can be controlled, allowing the
user to observe activity around a house or business. Security
systems can include motion sensors that will detect any kind
of unauthorized movement and notify the user. Scope of this
project can be expanded to many areas by not restricting to
only home. It will be flexible to support various wired as well
as wireless technologies like Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, World
Wide Web.
. CONCLUSION
This is an ongoing project. Our prime objective is to assist
handicapped/old aged people. This paper gives basic idea of
how to control various home appliances and provide a security
using Android phone/tab. This project is based on Android and
Arduino platform both of which are FOSS(Free Open Source
Software). So the overall implementation cost is very cheap
and it is affordable by a common person. Looking at the
current scenario we have chosen Android platform so that most
of the people can get benefit.
The design consists of Android phone with home automation
application, Arduino Mega ADK. User can interact with the
android phone and send control signal to the Arduino ADK
which in turn will control other embedded devices/sensors.
We have discussed a simple prototype in this paper but in
future it can be expanded to many other areas.