HOME AUTOMATION: WEB BASED CONTROL

Anthony CampbellEric Poynter

EKU, Dept. of TechnologyComputer Electronic

Networking

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INTRODUCTION - Hardware

Microprocessor Interfacing (ISA expansion slot 80’s)

Parallel port (Being phased out) Fiber Optic Network Interface USB commonly used

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INTRODUCTION – Software

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET DotNetNuke – Web Site Framework Microsoft SQL Database Engine

OUTLINE Motivation Hardware Design Software Design Demonstration Team Work Results / Conclusion Q & A

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MOTIVATION

Home automation – Growing trendHome automation – Growing trend Connecting to your PC (USB)Connecting to your PC (USB) Benefits of USB – speed, reliabilityBenefits of USB – speed, reliability Hand held devices – Everyone has Hand held devices – Everyone has

oneone Home monitoring – Be at home Home monitoring – Be at home

anytimeanytime

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Hardware: Interface Selection

USB – Universal Serial Bus Introduced in 1995, widely

popular since 1998Major hardware and software

support (IBM, Microsoft)3 technical revisions, backward

compatibilityMany other variations in the

works

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Hardware: Electronics Design USB controller Provides I/O Limited I/O Electronic Solution Number of controllable devices

grow exponentially Controlling Input via a shared

bus

Software: Device Interaction Hardware to Software Transition USB controller - Device Driver Control Scheme

4 Physical Outputs – Device ID (3), Control Line (1)

8 Physical Inputs Speed of USB – Real time

communication

Software: Server

Bridge to Device, Software, and Web Microsoft SQL Express – Database Engine Web Server – 3 Important Tasks

SQL Website USB Interface Program

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Demonstration

What our Project actually does

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TEAMWORK

Back and forth software/hardware design

Communication – What is possible, What is desired

Troubleshooting/Testing

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RESULTS / CONCLUSION

Successfully Interfaced with a USB port, via software and hardware

Enabled control of the software over the Internet

Setup several household devices and controlled them remotely with our setup

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FUTURE WORK Different USB controllers offer

greater possibilities Audience suggestions email to

Eric_poynter3@eku.edu Tony@tekpad.net

Thanks!