Design of smart home control system based on Cortex-A8 and ZigBee

According to the application demands and characteristics of smart home control system, the home smart system is analyzed and studied. The kind of smart home control system based on Cortex-A8 and ZigBee is designed. The system consists of three parts include user intelligent control terminal, embedded home gateway and home ZigBee wireless network. It can perform functions such as safety and alarm, the indoor environment testing, household electrical appliances control and intelligent lighting and other functions. Users can access Internet web to monitor the home furnishing remotely. The users can also use cell phone with Android smart furnishing control client applications to interact remotely with home furnishing device. The experimental results show that the smart home control system is stable, reliable and practical.