Online controlling/measuring the intensity of home lighting using shade blinds

2017 ELE Engineering Design Project (FM04)

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Faculty Lab Coordinator

Farah Mohammadi

Topic Category

Power / Controls

Preamble

One of the majorities of the energy consumed by households is to cool the home. A modern solution to reduce the energy consumption is real-time monitoring and control of shade blinds system in the buildings from anywhere in the world with mobile or web apps. Therefore, designing a system by which one can monitor/control home light and inside temperature at different locations is desirable by using a wireless communicating system.

Objective

To develop online controlling and measuring the intensity of home lighting and inside temperature of home, one needs a access point/Station and a website that show and control the home temperature/light and a Hardware to change the position of shade blinds . 1- Station/ Access point can be WiFi system such as ESP8266 2- website is written in BOOTSTRAP and store home temperature/light to Database 3- a GUI in the website side to show/control home temperature/light 4- a hardware to change position of a stepper motor.

Partial Specifications

These modules to be implemented:
- data acquisition,
- real-time programming via wireless technologies,
- local website development
- Verify the developed hardware - ESP8266 as WiFi Devices and on board
Microprocessor that control position of the shade blinds .
- Verify the developed local website
- Verify the developed stepper motor controller ( shade blinds position)

Suggested Approach

1- Develop web site by Programming in BOOTSTRAP
2- Develop Hardware to change speed of DC motor
3- Develop a Hardware as Access point & Station ( connect to home router)
4- Study how to use ESP8266 as a station & Access point
5- Develop stepper motor controller ( shade blinds position)

Group Responsibilities

- Investigating available temperature/light sensors in home automation - one student will be working on networking by using ESP8266. A second student will concentrate on developing stepper motor controller. A third student will concentrate on programming aspect for local website . -Prepare a technical report and present the results at the end of the program

Student A Responsibilities

Investigation of available temperature/light sensors in home automation - Acquiring data from home temperature/light sensors - working on networking by using ESP8266

Student B Responsibilities

Design and Development a Hardware to Change position of stepper motor .

Student C Responsibilities

Design and Development of the local website

Course Co-requisites

Communication Systems, Programming in C, BOOTSTRAP