DESIGNING A SMART HOME AUTOMATION WITH

VOICE RECOGNITION USING RASPBERRY PI AND

ARDUINO
MC Mphego
205044990
TUT Project Leader: J. Pretorius/ Dr. R. Abdoola(former)
External Supervisor:

Agenda for Presentation

1. Introduction
2. Background of Project
3. Problem Statement
4. Solutions to Real World Industrial Problem
5. Project Design Detail
6. Results/Outcome of Project
7. Project Schedule
8. Project Budget
9. Conclusion
10. Questions

Industrial Project IV Presentation Mr MC Mphego

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Introduction
Design low cost smart home automation solution
No sophisticated installations and home infrastructure excessive modifications using wireless communication.
The designed system is Raspberry Pi based and also consists of an Arduino mainly for ADC and GPIO

expansion, various sensors to detect temperature & humidity, presence, smoke, light intensity detectors.
The major concern in this case is affordability, usability and security
The system offers multiple control and monitoring interfaces such as the use of mobile devices and/or
computers considering that they are connected to the same network as the home.

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Background of Project
The smart home automation is a wireless system that is supposed to be implemented in existing home
environments, without major changes in the existing infrastructure.
The system lets the user control and monitor his/her home from his/her any smart device/computer that is
connected to their local network with an option to control their home from any where in the world.

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Problem statement

Today people are looking at ways and means to better their life-style using the latest technologies and any
new facility or hope appliance that promises to enhance their life-style is grabbed by the consumers.

Wall switches are located in different parts of a house and thus requires manual operations like to switch on or
off these switches to control various appliances.

The solution to this to making ones life a lot easier is by means of automating household equipment/devices
e.g. Washing Machine by A.J Fisher 1908.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_washing_machine

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Solutions to Real World Industrial Problem

A smart home automation system was designed and developed using Raspberry Pi and Arduino that controls
electrical devices and also monitors the environment at home from a remote location by an android smart phone
and/or computer.

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Project Design Detail

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Results/Outcome of Project

The conceptual design for the smart home automation system was well-received, and the user was very
impressed with the effort and results of the design.
After completing the engineering prototype, assemble and viewing the results, it is obvious to see that the
simulation of the home automation system achieves the desired goals.
It shows the acting status of a smart home, which covers the areas of ease, comfort and flexibility.

Industrial Project IV Presentation Mr MC Mphego

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Project Schedule
Days 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300

1 Documentation
Registration
Obtain project title
Project Proposal
Prelimenary Final Report
Final Report

2 Hardware
SBC Selection
Raspberry Pi installation and
configurations
RPi and Arduino Integration
RPi and Relays
RPi and Temp sensor
RPi and Proximity
RPi and IR
RPi and LDR
RPi and PIR

3 Software
RPi and Arduino
Communication
RPi and Relays
RPi and Temp sensor
RPi and Proximity
RPi and IR
RPi and LDR
Android Application
Website(CAM)
Presence Detection

4 Intergration
Software Intergration
Hardware Intergration

5 Unit Testing
Hardware Testing
Software
Testing(Continuous
Intergration)

6 Overall System Tests

177
1
1
25

60
90
57
10
15
6
6
4
6
3
3
4

241
26
15
35
39
15
9
37
50
15

48
30
18

193
73

120

25
25

7 Presentation

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Project Budget
Item

Description

Quantity
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
100

11
12
13
14

Raspberry Pi B+
Arduino Uno R3
USB Webcam
USB Wi-Fi Dongle
USB Speakers
5V 2A Power supply
Relay modules
Enclosure
Prototype Board
Pack
of
various
Resistors
1uF 16V capacitor
Push Button
DHT11
HC-SR04

15
16
17
18

PIR
LDR
MQ2
IR Rx

1
2
1
1

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Total Cost

4
2
1
1

Unit Estimated
Price (ZAR)
850.00
190.00
120.00
100.00
50.00
150.00
250.00
200.00
10.00
200

800.00

R2920

Unit Actual Price

(ZAR)
741
307
125
189
79.90
150
129
329
75
355

Source
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Total Price
(ZAR)
741.00
190
125.00
189.00
79.90
150
258
329.00
75.00
355

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33
85
85

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communica
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2.64
66
85.00
85.00

75
1.50
49
65

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75.00
3.00
49.00
65.00
R 2922.40

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Conclusion
It is evident from this project work that an individual control home automation system can be cheaply made
from low-cost locally available components and can be used to control miscellaneous home appliances ranging
from the security lightings, television control, air conditioning system, security surveillance and even the entire
house lighting system.
This system can be also implemented over Wi-Fi or LAN connectivity without much change to the design and
yet still be able to control a variety of home appliances. Hence, this system is scalable and flexible
The advantage of our product is that there are no known competitors, as it has its own unique features.
Secondly, our project allows for greater development of products
With our software, we could develop it for more complicated applications such as sophisticated home
surveillance and security with geolocation and monitoring, pet tracker or kids tracker

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Thank You!