IoT Based Smart Security and Home

Automation System
Sovik Sinha Chowdhury Subam Sarkar Soujanya Syamal
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Dept. of Computer Science & Dept. of Electronics & Communication
Engineering(EEE) Engineering(CSE) Engineering(ECE)
University of Engineering & Institute of Engineering & Management
Institute of Engineering & Management
Management Kolkata,India
Kolkata,India Kolkata, India [email protected]
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Soumyajit Sengupta Priti Nag
Dept. of Electronics & Communication Dept. of Computer Science
Engineering(ECE) Institute of Engineering & Management
University of Engineering & Kolkata,India
Management [email protected]
Kolkata,India
[email protected]

Abstract— Internet of Things (IoT) conceptualizes the idea of switch on the electrical appliances or his favorite T.V.
remotely connecting and monitoring real world objects (things) channel for an example.
through the Internet [1]. When it comes to our house, this concept The alerts and the status of the IoT system can be
can be aptly incorporated to make it smarter, safer and automated.
accessed by the user from anywhere even where Internet
This IoT project focuses on building a smart wireless home
security system which sends alerts to the owner by using Internet connectivity may not be readily available (since it is not
in case of any trespass and raises an alarm optionally. Besides, the necessary for the mobile phone to be connected to internet
same can also be utilized for home automation by making use of only board is required to have an access to Wi-Fi).
the same set of sensors. The leverage obtained by preferring this• The existing infra-red (IR) or Blue-tooth remote controls
system over the similar kinds of existing systems is that the alerts present in the market are in general appliance specific and
and the status sent by the WI-FI connected microcontroller the same cannot be used interchangeably. Electrical
managed system can be received by the user on his phone from appliances connected through Bluetooth making use of Blue-
any distance irrespective of whether his mobile phone is connected tooth enabled smart phones cannot be managed from a
to the internet. The microcontroller used in the current prototype distant location [2]. Thus functions such as being able to turn
is the TI-CC3200 Launchpad board which comes with an on an air-conditioner while returning home cannot be done
embedded micro-controller and an onboard Wi-Fi shield making with such systems. In contrast, this work gives a cost
use of which all the electrical appliances inside the home can be effective and simple solution for wireless home automation
controlled and managed. and home security systems [3] [4]. The difficulty faced by
current home security/surveillance systems in providing
Keywords—IoT, TI Wi-fi CC3200 Launchpad, Internet, information pertaining to the situation to users while being
Home Security, Wireless, Smartphone. away from home is tried to overcome in this project. The
subsequent sections of the paper have been organized as
follows: a comparative analysis between the proposed
I. INTRODUCTION system and the existing solutions has been provided in
Wireless Home security and Home automation are the section II featuring the benefits of the proposed system over
dual aspects of this project. The currently built prototype of the existing ones. Section III illustrates how the system has
been implemented, while sections IV and V goes into greater
the system sends alerts to the owner over voice calls using
detail about working of the individual components present in
the Internet if any sort of human movement is sensed near the system and the overall functioning. Section VI presents a
the entrance of his house and raises an alarm optionally flowchart relating to the working of the system. Some further
upon the user’s discretion. The provision for sending alert modifications which can be done to increase the fidelity and
messages to concerned security personnel in case of critical user friendliness of the current prototype have been
situation is also built into the system. On the other hand, if discussed in section VII.
the owner identifies that the person entering his house is not
an intruder but an unexpected guest of his then instead of II. ADVANTAGES
triggering the security alarm, the user/owner can make
arrangements such as opening the door, switching on • This low-cost system with minimum requirements takes
care of both home security as well as home automation
various appliances inside the house, which are also
connected and controlled by the micro-controller in the • This home security system does not use any smartphone
system to welcome his guest. The same can be done when application or any type of user interface instead uses digits
the user himself enters the room from the keypad on the phone, the system is platform
and by virtue of the system he can make arrangements from independent and hence can be accessed from a wide range
his doorstep such that as soon as he enters his house, he can of phones with different operating systems.
make himself at full comfort without manually having to

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