Abstract
Around the World massive quantities of energy are consumed in residential buildings leading to a negative impact on the environment. Also, the number of wireless connected devices in use around the World is constantly and rapidly increasing, leading to potential health risks due to over exposer to electromagnetic radiation. An opportunity appears to reduce the energy consumption in residential buildings by introducing smart home automation systems. Multiple such solutions are available in the market with most of them being wireless, so the challenge is to design such systems that would limit the quantity of newly generated electromagnetic radiation. For this we look at several wired, serial communication methods and we successfully test such a method using a simple protocol to exchange data between an Arduino microcontroller board and a Visual C# app running on a Windows computer. We aim to show that if desired, smart home automation systems can still be built using simple viable alternatives to wireless communication.
Highlights
Home automation started around 100 years ago when introducing electric power to domestic houses lead to the introduction of the first automated home appliances, such as the kettle in 1889 or the washing machine in 1904
It has been observed that in the United States, approximately 40% of the energy consumed was used in residential buildings [1] while in Europe the value was lower, at 27% for the year 2017 according to Eurostat [2]
Multiple devices for controlling only one or two variables in the house and some complete home automation systems have already been released to the market
Summary
Home automation started around 100 years ago when introducing electric power to domestic houses lead to the introduction of the first automated home appliances, such as the kettle in 1889 or the washing machine in 1904. That automation process continues to this day as we need and want ever more complex automated systems in our homes, making our lives easier, safer and more comfortable. Such systems are good for us and for the Environment as they can significantly reduce our energy consumption by applying intelligent control to lighting, heating or power outlets in our homes. In order to provide long distance control, each of these devices connects to the internet and to other devices inside the home mostly via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
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