Design and Construction of a Web-Based Communication Interface for Home Automation

A web-based communication interface for home automation enables users to remotely control and monitor their home appliances and devices using a web browser. This technology has the potential to improve energy efficiency and convenience of homes, but also raises security and privacy concerns. This paper focus on the development of a web-based home automation communication interface employing the ThingSpeak platform as the cloud interfacing service, an Arduino board as the microcontroller, and the ESP8266 as the internet module. The subsystem components were tested using hardware testing circuits and a software code written using Arduino IDE to determine the standard operating procedure and results show that they all conform to the operating standards. When the PIR sensor was tested a voltage of 0 V was measured on the digital pin 2 of the Arduino when no motion is detected and a voltage of 3.25 V when motion is detected. The MQ7 sensor gave a reading of 1.73 V on the analog data pin when not exposed to CO (carbon monoxide) and a reading of 3.25 V when exposed to CO.