Design and Implementation of an Arduino Based Smart Home

A smart home is the residential extension of building automation. It initially involved the control and automation of systems that ensure human comfort such as lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and security. This paper present a design and implementation of cost effective smart home controlled with an android phone. This framework is intended to help and satisfy the needs of the elderly and the handicapped within our houses. Additionally, the idea of smart home system will improve the well-being status at our homes. The fundamental control system uses a wireless Bluetooth device and analog sensors which in turns they give a wireless access to smart phones. The system design does not remove the existing electrical switches but rather gives a safer control over the switches with low voltage usage technique. The switch status is synchronized everywhere each person interface demonstrates the current existing switch status. This system is designed to control electrical device throughout the home with ease of installing it, ease of use and cost-effective design and implementation.