Preliminary proposal for Final Year Project (Comp. Engg. Deptt.

BZU Multan)

Department of Computer Engineering

University College of Engineering & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

Session: 2009-2013 Name of Students Muhammad Uzair Rasheed(Leader) Muhammad Shuaib Aslam Muhammad Umar Riaz Muhammad Umar Registration # 2009-bcg-200 2009-bcg-212 2009-bcg-233 2009-bcgScore in Last examination 83.11% 66.67% 57% 63%

Note: All groups should comprise of three students. In case of four students, a valid justification would be asked from the group members.

Title of the project: IP based home automation system Type of project Software Software/Hardware Study/Research

Brief Description of Project:Nowadays, peoples expectations in their life quality are increasing as the technology is improving rapidly. People need an affordable smart system that can make their lives easier, more comfortable, and offer more safety. This Home Automation System is an electrical and electronic system designed to control home appliances with a mobile phone. The main technologies already applied in the system are GSM, Bluetooth, and GSM(Global System for Mobile Communication) and PLC stands for Power Line Communication but as Bluetooth are having problems of distance communication. In this study, Internet is chosen as the way to communicate with the system , you can use internet from any phone or PC. Due to rapidly advancing of mobile communication technology and widely availability make it possible to incorporate mobile technology into home automation systems. IP commands are used for interfacing between PC and microcontroller by passing through a serial interface RS232.

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Justification: (this field requires the link of scope of work with industry of computer engineering professionals. More over students may provide any academic motivation for this project) The most common used standards in our Smart Home Automation design are such as X10, CEBUS, and LonWorks. X10 standard is the most popular and the most commonly used in home automation design. This is mainly because of the standard doesn t require any extra cabling for the system installation as it uses the existing electrical line in the house. The backbones of the study are the control circuits which consist of the microcontrollers and integrated modems. The modem is used to send and receive X10 codes on the electrical line by converting the signal types. The control circuits can be divided in two parts which are master unit and slave units. Master unit is connected to home server computer or controlling device to receive command. User can control appliances connected to slave unit when command is received. In X10 protocol, there are maximum 16 house codes and 16 unit codes. Hence, in total 256 units or appliances can be controlled with these codes. Slave units are set to desired house and unit code by switches. Apart from that, there is a small system risk when communicating on power lines which is the control signals can pass to neighbors electrical system. However, the data signals are weakened by the distance and the electric meter to a level under threshold of the modem. An alternative is to use different house codes for different houses. Besides that, signal attenuator and blocking coupler are use to reduce the problem. X10 uses bursts of 120kHz signal superimposed onto the house mains supply, shown as one of the three supply phases. This means interference can only occur with one in three neighbouring houses.X10 also uses a house code (A P) that can be adjusted to be different to the remaining neighbours. X-10 specifies a total of 256 different addresses. Each transmitter is selectable by a unique house code out of a total of 16 house codes (A-P). Each transmitter can further handle a total of 16 receiving units corresponding to 16 different unit codes (1-16).The PC can control the X-10 modules via the CP290 Home Control Interface. Other X10 modules to interface computers directly to the power line are,PL513 (send only) W523 (send & receive) andPLIX (Power Line interface to X-10)

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Fig:-X-10 Signals are sent at the zero crossing for each phase of the electricity supply ensuring successful communication Desired Outcome: (This field requires you to write few lines about exact output of the project. You may describe its utility, market and any possible benefits of this project) The applications of the project are : Turning lights down / off at night. Lights always turn on/off inside the house when a certain light level is reached outside the house, rather than at a certain time, since the time at which that light level will occur changes with the seasons. A Plug-it-in-and-forget-about-it type of device will require no scheduled

maintenance once plugged in. Compatibility with existing homes and wiring. This type of system requires no new wiring, and almost no technical knowledge to install, since it would simply involve plugging in the outside sensor and placing a switch box between the lamp plug and the power outlet inside the home. Operating television, hot water heater, kettle, toaster etc. ready for your use. Optimizing use of low cost electricity (economy 7) Opening the Main gate. Working with intelligent electrical white goods e.g. washing machine, fridge, microwave etc. The Advantages of the project are Flexibility & Convenience Security Less human effort Cost Saving Time saving Energy Saving Security Facility for Old Persons and disable one to control devices from their Mobile hand Remote Control

Academic requirements: (mention the areas (subjects) which are essential for this project.) Networks(IP/telnet/Server) OOP (VB.Net) Html
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Electric Circuits Analog/Digital Electronics Database (SQL OR ACCESS)

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Tools (Hardware and Soft ware): (mention the detailed list of software tools, programming language and hardware requirement of this project). TW523 PIC16f87XA RS232 Serial Port Visual Studio(C#) Lm7805 Lm7812 Lm7905 Lm7912 Capacitor 104pf (8) Capacitor 2200 uf LCD(7 segment Display) SQL(ACCESS & SQL) DreamViewer (HTML) Assembly MICROCONTROLLER POWER SUPPLY

Availability of Hardware/Software: (write a note about the possible availability of your requirements) All the Equipments are available in the market. Estimated Cost of the project: Equipment TW523 PIC16f87XA Miscellaneous Total Price 15000/- approx 500/- approx 9500 25,000/- approx

Technical Methodology and Time line: (write few words about your approach to the project) Time Period for each activity Activities Phase of the project Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Finalizing

1 Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Week

Transmitter (Encoder) Design Transmission and Reception over AC lines Receiver (Decoder) Design Software Design and Webpage Design Troubleshooting

Proposed Supervisor: 1-Engr.Wasiq Somroo

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Name of Students Muhammad UzairRasheed Muhammad ShuaibAslam Muhammad Umar Riaz Mohammad Umar

Registration # 2009-bcg-200 2009-bcg-212 2009-bcg-233 2009-bcg-

Signature/ date 83.11% 66.67% 57% 63%

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