Arduino based smart home automation

Home Automation System has gained popularity due to the advancement of communication technology. A smart home is one of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications that aim to provide an efficient, low-cost automated energy management system for houses that controls the home appliances over the Internet. This paper proposes a low-cost GSM-based automation system for Smart Home to monitor the home appliances remotely. In this paper, an Arduino UNO microcontroller provided with a GSM module is utilized to build the automation system. It provides a cost-effective solution for energy management in the household. It also provides features to cater to natural hazards like fire. It employs several sensors to monitor temperature (LM35), light (LDR Sensor), and fire (Flame Sensor). A relay board is connected to the system which controls the appliances. The proposed home automation system can effectively and efficiently control the electrical appliances via the GSM module and the application code in C developed by Arduino IDE and the application code that are developed in Arduino IDE which uses C programming for coding.