IoT-based Home Automation Using Android Application

摘要

This paper presents the development of a low cost smart home-automated system using Android application, which is communicating with MQTT broker for automatic control functionalities. The proposed system assists and supports people with special needs of elderly and physical impairments to increase their independence and to achieve a good quality of life. The proposed system will enable users to control remotely home appliances using an Android smartphone and a control circuit. The control unit consists of a Phidget Interface Kit, which processes the users’ commands and controls the connected actuators such as a servo motor. By controlling the connected actuators, the proposed system can control the home appliances by using a user-friendly GUI Android mobile application. The proposed system is tested on controlling a servo motor through the developed android application, which can be used for controlling the door lock to open/close the house doors.