Home Lighting controller based on BLE

This work deals with an application of wireless communication technologies (BLE) to the creation of a Home Lighting Management System (HLMS). Our aim is to create a system based on BLE in order to implement an universal smart lighting controller which allows performing a remote lighting control system for in-home environments.As lighting control protocol DALI appears to be the best option due to its simplicity and half-duplex communication, this last one is an essential quality in what is called IoT or in general when referring to Smart environments. BLE and DALI integration allow to easily control lights making DALI a feasible option for inhome facilities. Each node is attached to a ballast with a DALI control interface plus a controller implemented with Arduino supporting BLE. An Android App has been developed to control and interface the management system. Finally, results and conclusions from several tests are provided showing how the wireless nodes controlled DALI system allows smart lighting control at home plus energy savings benefits.