Designing of Home Automation System for Elderly and Disabled People

CE 1.1 Project Information
Name of the project: Designing of Home Automation System
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Role and Designation during the time: Team Member of the Project
CE 1.2 Project Background
CE 1.2.1 Characteristics of the project
Home automation system is responsible for making the major operations of the home
appliances extremely convenient and even for saving energy. This type of system makes
human life much easier and simpler. The main examples of such devices are centralized
controlling of lighting equipment, kitchen appliances, security systems, air conditioners, air
heaters and many more. In this project, I have designed and fabricated the home automation
system with lower expenses as well as wireless system. I have designed the system for the
purpose of assisting or providing support to fulfil the major requirements of disabled and
elderly in home. I used android application that could stream the video of the IP Camera. For
the control system, I have implemented wireless technology for providing remote access even
from the smart phones. For designing purpose, I have used Raspberry pi as the credit sized
system. Thus, in this particular project, I have provided a compressed design for the proposed
Home Automation System.

CE 1.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
During this project of Home Automation System, I have developed a user-friendly
system, which could be easily used for the elderly and disabled persons. I also ensured this
system is supported by all devices that are capable of Wi-Fi. Therefore, to complete this
project with better efficiency, I developed the following objectives:
 To design a prototype for the home automation system and providing distinct features.
 To control the various home appliances with the help of applications like voice mode
and switch mode.
 To develop such an application, which could include the several features of voice
mode as well as switch mode application for controlling the switches.
 To stream the real time video from the respective IP cameras. And receive quality
video.
 To utilize secured protocols over the Wi-Fi connection so that other the devices could
not control or manage the home applications.
 To secure the connection channels within Raspberry pi and application and to select
SSL as the option for secured connections over SSH and TCP.
 To make these home appliances extremely flexible to control and allow them to be
controlled by any device that has capability of connecting to Wi-Fi and could be
controlled from remote locations.
 To make the system platform extensible for the future enhancements.
CE 1.2.3 My area of work
I was selected as a responsible team member in the project. I have proper field
experiences for all types of electronics projects and hence I bear fundamental knowledge for
electronics engineering. Therefore, I was selected for completing the project with all of the
members of my team under the significant guidance of our project supervisor. I have

Project Supervisor
Team Member
(Me)
Head of the Department
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elementary knowledge of integrated circuits, integrated applications and microprocessors or
computer architecture and hence completing this particular project was extremely easy. My
key work area was to develop a prototype for the project by providing a compact design of
the system. Being a responsible team member, I undertook the duty of giving regular updates
to my project supervisor.
CE 1.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 1.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
As a team member within the project, I had some of the most significant
responsibilities like providing a complete and compact design for the home automation
system. I even had to design the basic prototype for the system to control the several home
appliances, which could be controlled or managed wirelessly through applications. I even
made sure that the developed application could provide features of video streaming, switch
mode and speech recognition. Since, this system was made for disabled and elderly person, I