Android Enabled Home Automation System using Raspberry Pi

In recent years, the home environment has seen a rapid introduction of network enabled digital technology. With the rapid expansion of the Internet, the owners have been requesting remote control and monitoring of these in-home appliances. This leads to networking these appliances to form a kind of home automation system. This paper presents the overall design of Home Automation System (HAS) with low cost and wireless remote control. This system is designed to assist and provide support in order to fulfill the needs of elderly and disabled in home. Also, this concept in the system improves the standard living at home. We aim at controlling Home appliances via Android device using Wifi as communication protocol and Raspberry Pi as server system. We create a user friendly interface for the android device that allows the user to communicate with the Raspberry Pi server. The server will be interfaced with a relay circuit board that controls the appliances running in Home. The communication with server allows the user to select the appropriate device. The server communicates with the corresponding relay. By this we offer a scalable and cost effective Home automation system. In this design android application has developed by using Android SDK[1].