The Specification, Design, and Implementation of a Home Automation System (original) (raw)

This paper presents the specification, design, and implementation of a home automation system that was designed and built as a final project for 6.111 at M.I.T. This system was designed to be flexible and generally programmable, extensible such that adding additional features is relatively simple, and modular and forward-compatible, so that new components can be added without redesigning the entire system. To achieve these goals, the system runs a user-defined program on a special-purpose processor, using real-world sensor inputs as operands. The sensors and other input mechanisms along with user-programmable event schedules allow the user to adjust and customize the home environment. Using sensors that measure temperature, light level, and infrared commands from a remote control, this system will create a comfortable and safe home atmosphere. Design decisions, implementation details, and testing procedures are thoroughly discussed, and the resulting functional system is described. 2 ·

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