Applications of ZigBee on Building a Home Automation System
Application of wireless transmission technology to construct a family automation system is proposed and realized in this study. In this investigation, we make use of the advantages of ZigBee consisting of power saving, high reliability, and extensibility
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Abstract Application of wireless transmission technology to construct a family automation system is proposed and realized in this study. In this investigation, we make use of the advantages of ZigBee consisting of power saving, high reliability, and extensibility to build an automatic system so that the problems of the hardware complicity and the maintenance of the family household appliances network can be excluded. Keywords ZigBee • Home automation system • MYSQL database • Apache server • PHP network-page interface
1 Introduction Real-time controller with microprocessor has been widely applied for automatic control that makes family automation in realization. Today the family entertainments, household appliances, and home safety systems can be mutually connected by the Internet, and these are able to be independently monitored or controlled in a remote site. Traditionally, a home space that only provides residing for humans has not been gratified due to the life quality promotion and the matured development of the wireless sensor network; therefore, a higher-realm spiritual life has become the main goal pursued by most people. To attain this function, the integration of hardware circuit and wireless technology to form a home automation system is feasible.
S.-C. Huang Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan C.-S. Hsiao (*) Department of Photonics and Communications Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan e-mail: [email protected] J. Juang and Y.-C. Huang (eds.), Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 234, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6747-2_63, # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
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Home automation is equipped with microprocessors, relays, and wireless sensors [1, 2] to form a sensible system for control of the household appliances such as lighting, computer, home security, air-condition, and video and/or stereo. The applications of home automation are classified into three types: housework management, antitheft and security safety, and housing culture. In this study, we employ ZigBee and electronic components to construct a home automation system. The core controller in the system named CC2420, a microchip, is fabricated by Chipcon Corporation and is certified by the global ZigBee alliance [3]. The IC2420 microchip with near-distance data transmission ability under the protocol of IEEE 802.15.4 has the ability to provide maximum supportable 65,536 interconnection points so that the system can provide versatile, easy operation, and unstained interfaces with which the user can monitor the states of the household appliances at anytime and from anywhere.
2 Structure of the Designed System ZigBee is a wireless technology of low-speed transmission, short distance, and lowpower consumption. The maximum transmittable distance of ZigBee is around 10 m, and the most operatable spectral bands are located in 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz based on 10–250 kbps. Addi
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