HOME AUTOMATION HMI DEMO

Michigan State UniversityCollege of EngineeringTeam 3

Overview

• Introduction• Background• Project Goal• Design Criteria• Final Product• Demonstration• Future Work

Introduction

• An emerging trend in homes: Automated Control Panel • Universal remote for controlling everything in your house

 • Lights, Climate Control, Security, and more

 • Texas Instruments entering this market

o OMAP3 processor

Project Goal

• Design a home automation control panel • Display and control household electronic devices

 • Make an interactive graphical user interface (GUI)

 • Buttons, sliders, and menus to get more information

 • Affordable, aesthetic and easy to use  

Background: Beagle Board

• Affordable o Low costo Low power consumption

• Smallo 3.1 inches by 3 inches

• Powerfulo TI OMAP3530o OpenGL 2.0, HD Capable

• Flexibleo USBo SD cardo DVI-D/S-Video

Design Criteria

• Software:o User-friendly

Understandable Intuitive

o  Display weather information Forecasts Various information

•  Hardware:o Lighting controlo Climate controlo Video camera

Final User Interface Design

Final Product

 

Final Product : Software 

 • Expandable / Scalable

o Object-oriented           software design  • Portable

o Java Virtual Machine  • Intuitive touch screen

     control 

Final Product : Hardware

•  Touch screen   •  Video camera

 •  Remote control

 •  Lighting control

 •  Climate control

 

Final Product : Hardware

• 12 channel power switching hub • Ribbon cable inputs from the

Beagle Board

• Controlling 10 lights and 1 climate control fan

 • Modular design featuring USB

sockets  

Demonstration

 

Future Work

• Integrate powerful portable battery into Control Panel

• Automatically check and control the status of appliances   • Energy savings from home automation systems

• Staged backup power return • Zoned and programmable climate control

  

Questions & Comments