2019 International Conference on Robotics,Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST)

A Smart Home Automation and Metering System

using Internet of Things (IoT)
Sadi Mahmud Safayet Ahmed Kawshik Shikder
Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Engineering
American International University- American International University- American International University-
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Abstract—Internet of Things (IoT) is an augmentation of human activities [7]. N. David et al. designed a home
existing internet facility to deliver communication, connection and automation system that can control different household devices
internetworking between various devices and physical objects also with the help of WiFi and GSM technology [8]. Though there
known as “Things”. Accessibility of great speed internet makes it are other researches are going on, still, there is the scope to
possible to switch and control numerous kinds of devices very
improve this home automation system using IoT.
easily. This paper discussed a smart low-cost home automation
system which is designed using IoT. With the help of this system, In this paper, authors proposed a system for home automation
all the home appliances and electronic machines can be controlled and metering system. A website is designed, by using that home
and observed through a website very easily. The metering method appliance and other electronic devices can be controlled
of a home can also be supervised using this system. Not only the through a website. Moreover, the metering system can be
consumers but also the dealers will get the opportunity to observe monitored with the help of that website. The online billing
the anomalies of the power distribution system by watching the system is also included in the system. The proposed system
metering system. Online billing system also included in the architecture is discussed in Section II and the action of the
designed system. system is covered in Section III. Finally, the paper is resolved
Keywords— Arduino, home automation, internet of things (IoT), in Section IV.
metering system
II. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
I. INTRODUCTION
The block diagram of the system is shown in Fig. 1. In this
Enhancement of technology makes the human daily life system, a website has been designed. Initially, the user accesses
easier with the help of newly developed smart systems. Due to that website (http://ha.dcoders.net) from where he or she will
the rapid development of internet technology and smart send a command over Internet. Then, the command will be
embedded systems, people are more interested to involve in received by the microcontroller via a Wi-Fi unit. After that,
using the internet to control and observe different types of according to the command sent by the user the electronic
devices. Internet of things (IoT) creates a innovative evolution devices can be operate. The structure consists of both way
of the technology world with a new era of mature intelligence communication which is shown in the Fig. 1. The first is to
computing [1][2]. IoT can be defined as the connection between control the devices using the website, as previously depicted,
many kinds of devices like smartphones, personal computer, The latter one is, from the website the user can get a knowledge
and tablets to the internet, which brings in the very new kind of of the power consumption by the devices as the meter reading
communication between things and people and also between can be obtained directly from the website. That funds that the
things [3]. The key goal of IoT is to control any kind of electric devices will send the power consumption data to the website
objects or devices around us in a more easy, evocative and using a microcontroller over WiFi. From the website, the user
smooth manner [4]. IoT helps to improve the prominence of can perceive the meter reading and the billing information.
electric devices by confirming cost-effective living with
protection, safety, and entertainment. IoT technology is used to
come in with a pioneering idea and great growth for smart
homes to improve the living standards of life [5].
In recent years, the concept of a smart home is a growing
interest among consumers. There are lots of research going on
home automation involving IoT. S.H. Hussain et al. developed
a smart home system with high security and low
implementation cost using IoT [6]. K. Mandula et al. proposed
an IoT-based home automation using low-cost Android phones
in the Indian context [5]. J.J Padmini developed a system using
IoT for power utilization and conservation in smart homes. In Fig. 1. System Architecture.
this system, they used an image processing system to recognize

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Fig. 2. Website Image for Smart Home. Fig. 4. Website Image for smart meter reading.

The image of the website is given in Fig. 2. The user should From where the user can get the information about the real
select the option smart home at first. Then the user will be power, power factor, apparent power, supply voltage and
redirected to the page from where the home appliances like fan, energy consumption by the devices. Moreover, the user can get
light, TV, air cooler, washing machine etc. can be controlled. the billing info from the website also. The website is refreshed
In the Fig. 3, the hardware picture for smart home is shown. every three seconds so that user can get the latest update of his
The hardware consists of a microcontroller (Arduino Pro Mini), meter reading. Only 3 Kb/s data has been used during this
Wi-Fi module (ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip), relays and an LCD. From refresh. Therefore, the user doesn’t have to use a large amount
the LCD, date, time, temperature and the device condition of internet data.
(ON/OFF) can be observed. The date, time and temperature are
real-time data that means all these data are collected directly as III. OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM
well as observed from the internet. The operation of the system is very simple. From Table 1,
In Fig. 4, another part of this system is shown, which is a the operation of a smart home can determine. In the website,
meter reading option of the system that means the power there will be several options to control or to turn on and off the
consumption of the devices and the billing information. After devices used in home appliances. As shown in the table, if any
accessing the website, the user needs to select the smart electric user wants to turn on the device he or she just has to click the
meter option to enable the metering option. For a specific user, OFF option. Then the device will be turned on and from the
a meter number will be given. LCD we can get the confirmation that the device is turned on.
Applying the same procedure a user can also turn off the device.
From Table 1, it also determined that there are options, FAN1
and FAN2. And this option consists of a scroller bar. By this
option user can control the speed of the fan, it’s like the
regulator of the fan. If the user wants to turn off the fan he/she
has to move the scroller to 0 so that the speed is null. If the
scroller moves to the middle the value will show in the website
50. Means, the fan is moving at half speed. The fan will move
at full speed when the value is 100. Following these steps, all
the home appliances can be controlled via the website.
The second operation of this system is to get the meter
reading and the billing data. As shown in Fig. 4, the user can
get the meter reading means the energy rating from the website.
Sometimes due to the carelessness of the meter reader, the
electricity bill becomes very high for a user. Again, sometimes
due to some unfair meanings by the meter reader the supplier of
electricity gets less money, as the meter reader does not provide
correct meter reading. This system prevents both of these
situations. As the consumers are getting the information of
energy used by them and also the billing information, it’s not
possible for a meter reader to give a wrong meter reading,
hence, the former problem can be solved. Moreover, the
Fig. 3. Hardware for the smart home. supplier can get the information about energy consumption by
the user through the website.

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TABLE I. OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM

Serial Web Page Device

Therefore, no need to depend on the meter reader. Hence, can easily find out whether there is any discrepancy on their line
the latter problem can also be solved. Sometimes people use as they are always up to date about their power consumption.
other people's electricity line without their permission. People

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It’s also applicable to the suppliers. They can identify there is any discrepancy in the distribution system. The website
whether any user taking any illegal electricity line by observing also can be used to pay the electricity bills through online.
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