HOME AUTOMATION FOR LIGHTING SYSTEM

Abstract

Automation and control techniques can be used in industrial and residential environments. The lighting system of a home can be controlled conventionally as well as electronically. The treeway  circuit is a technique widely used in electrical installations that require the activation and disconnection of lamps in different positions in an environment. Prototyping platforms such as Arduino favor the control and interpretation of signals from other electronic devices, in addition to enabling the association with platforms for the creation of interactive graphic environments, such as Processing. Processing, in turn, performs image analysis and processing and generates information that can be saved in a text file. Both Arduino and Processing are open source platforms.  Cloud computing tools, such as Dropbox, are useful for storing files on the network itself, so that they can be accessed and modified remotely through other computers, tablets and smartphones. Arduino, Processing and Dropbox are compatible with different types of computers, including small processors that operate on different architectures, such as the Raspberry pi family. By applying the concepts of control and automation of systems, instrumentation, open source  tools and cloud computing, it was possible to build a control system for the lighting system of a residence in order to be an alternative for the rational consumption of electricity.