Experimental Verification Of Three Mode Controller For Home Appliance Using Wireless Technology

Abstract

An attempt is made to enhance the automation and sophistication of a home appliance. In this work, electric lamp is considered as a home appliance and it is controlled through three different modes. Technology is a never-ending process, the home automation is a well-known field of recent research, which makes the customer to reach the next level of sophistication. One such next level is presented in this article. The proposed paper is about design, experimentation and testing of three-way control for a lamp, using low cost microcontroller, Bluetooth module and android mobile application. The three modes of control are manual switch mode, Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) mode and Bluetooth based Wireless communication mode. The work is initially simulated using Proteus 8 Professional Application and then implemented as a real time working model. Also, the working performances were tested using the Simulation and developed working model. The control in Bluetooth mode is based on an Android Application. A dedicated Android Application is developed for testing the developed working model, using MIT App Inventor.