International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056

Volume: 05 Issue: 02 | Feb-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072

Smart Home Automation and Security System using Arduino and IOT
Siddharth Wadhwani1, Uday Singh2, Prakarsh Singh3, Shraddha Dwivedi4

1234 Student, Dept. o EC, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, UP, INDIA
---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract - With the advancement of technology and more 3. Block Diagram
dependency of people on smart phone and increasing demands
of easy and quick way of solving Daily life task, it has become
very important to have a technology which can control over
the domestic and industrial applications using IOT. Our paper
‘Sensing and controlling the world around using Arduino and
IOT ‘deals with embedded technologies along with internet of
things (IOT) using Arduino which employs the embedded block
and script programming for Arduino and sensors like flex
sensor, accelerometer, flame sensor, magnetic sensor, WI-FI
module.

In this paper we present a home automation and home

security technique. The sensors will be interface with Arduino.
The status of our home appliances will get uploaded to a cloud
platform through wireless module. Our system and mobile
should be connected over same wireless network. Our sensors
will be able to enable or disable the sensors which will be in
control of the user. The flex sensor will depend upon the
gestures of our fingers to control the appliances. The magnetic
Fig.1 Block Diagram Of Experiment
sensor will enhance door breaking security. All these data can
be seen by user on the cloud platform like THINKSPEAK. This
paper will serve as an example of how IOT applications can 4. Specification of Components
make our life easier.
4.1. Arduino UNO Board

Key Words: Arduino, Flex Sensor, Wireless Module, Flame The Arduino expansion was emerged in ITALY to build up
Sensor, Internet of things (IOT) , ThinkSpeak low cost hardware for communicating design. This Arduino
UNO s an excellent choice for any IOT applications design
1. INTRODUCTION and, one can expect and carve programs according to the
needs. The Arduino UNO board acts as a control unit in this
Today, the increase in demand of service over the internet experiment.
necessitated the data collection and exchange in efficient
manner. In this sense internet of things (IOT) has promised
the ability to provide the efficient data storage and exchange
by connecting the physical devices via electronic sensor and
internet. The IOT has created the revolution all over the
world and fascinatingly it has become integral part of life.
Hence, this paper utilizes Arduino fundamentals and some
sensor to ease the way we control our homes appliances.
This is achieved by interfacing sensors like flex sensor,
accelerometer sensor, magnetic sensor, flame sensor with
microcontroller based system like Arduino UNO. The values
from the sensor change the status of our appliances and the
status of appliances can be seen on the cloud platform..

2. Components And Software Used

Arduino UNO, Relays, DC motor, Flex Sensor, Wi-Fi

Module, Magnetic Sensor, Flame Sensor, Accelerometer,
Motor Driver IC, 7805 power supply, Arduino IDE, LDR (Light
Dependent Resistor). Fig.2 Arduino UNO Board

© 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1357
 International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 05 Issue: 02 | Feb-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072

4.2. 5V Relays microcontroller access to your WiFi network. The ESP8266 is

capable of either hosting an application or offloading all Wi-Fi
A relay is an electrically operated switch. Many relays use an networking functions from another application processor.
electromagnet to mechanically operate a switch, but other
operating principles are also used, such as solid-state relays.
Relays are used where it is necessary to control a circuit by a
separate low-power signal, or where several circuits must be
controlled by one signal.

Fig. 6 WI-FI Module

4.6. Reed Relay SENSOR

The reed switch is an electrical switch operated by an applied

magnetic field. In this experiment we have used this sensor to
Fig.3 5V Relay provide door breaking security. If the door breaks it will send
an alert through buzzer.
4.3. DC Motor

Geared DC motors can be defined as an extension of DC

motor. A geared DC motor has a gear assembly attached to
the motor.

Fig.7 Reed Relay Sensor

4.7. FLAME SENSOR

A flame sensor "senses" a weak DC signal from the AC power

Fig.4 Geared DC motor sent to the ignitor which via the phenomenon of flame
rectification in which the polarity of power sent through a
flame is rectified to DC. This sensor is used in our experiment
4.4. FLEX SENSOR
to detect the fire in the house and then send an alert through
buzzer.
A flex sensor or bend sensor is a sensor that measures the
amount of deflection or bending. This flex sensor is a variable
resistor like no other. The resistance of the flex sensor
increases as the body of the component bends. This sensor is
used in our experiment to control the lightening of our house
to turn it ON or off.
Fig.8 Flame Sensor
APPLICATION
4.8. ACCLEROMETER
• Human Machine Interface devices
• Security system Accelerometers are devices that measure acceleration, which
is the rate of change of the velocity of an object. They
measure in meters per second squared (m/s2) or in G-forces
(g). The values are represented in X, Y and Z coordinates.
These values are used to control the rotation of motor.

Fig.5 Flex Sensor

4.5. Wi-Fi MODULE

The ESP8266 WiFi Module is a self-contained SOC with

integrated TCP/IP protocol stack that can give any Fig.9 Accelerometer

© 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1358
 International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 05 Issue: 02 | Feb-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072

4.9. Arduino IDE 6. Conclusion

The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to The IOT facilitates numerous benefits to the society and from
write code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, our paper we can provide and prove the strength of IOT that
Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and is capable to contribute the services for the purpose of
based on Processing and other open-source software. It runs building vast no. of applications and help to implement them
on your computer, used to write and upload computer code on the public platform. This design provides moderate and
to the physical board. less expensive way of sensing, monitoring and controlling
system in the field of domestic and as well as industrial
4.10. LDR (LIGHT DEPENDENT RESISTOR) standard to implement IOT.

Light dependent resistors, LDRs or photo resistors are often At a final note, we conclude that IOT leads to become
used in circuits where it is necessary to detect the presence universal in every aspect. This paper will be very beneficial
or the level of light. In this experiment we have used LDR to in our normal day to day life and will bring much needed
have automatic light control such that when there is innovation in his fast changing world of technology where
brightness light is automatically OFF else it is ON. people prefer to have control over things using the
smartphones which will bring ease to their routine life.

REFERENCES

[1] Vinay Sagar K N, Kusuma S M., “Home Automation Using

Fig. 11 Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) Internet Of Things” IRJET Vol. 2, Issue no.3, Jan. 2015

[2] Vlad Bande, S.Pop, Ciascai loan, Dan Pitica, “Real Time
5. Experimental Setup of Home Automation Setup Sensor Acquisition interfacing using MATLAB”, IEEE,
Dec. 2012.

[3] Kishore P Jadhav, Santosh G Bari, “Hand Gesture Based

Switching Using MATLAB”, IJIREEICE, Vol.4, May 2016.

[4] Sharmad Pasha, “ThinkSpeak Based Sensing and

Monitoring System For IoT with MATLAB Analysis”,
IJNTR, Vol.2, June 2016.

[5] Angel Deborah S., “Home Automation Systems - A

Study”, IJCA, Vol. 116, April 2015.
Fig. 12 Experimental Setup
[6] Prof. (Dr.) Khanna SamratVivekanand Omprakash.,
“WIRELESS HOME SECURITY SYSTEM WITH MOBILE”,
This paper basically consists of three important parts i.e. IJAET, Vol. 2, Dec. 2011.
sensing, monitoring, and controlling system. The first part
sensing is done by sensors like flex sensor, accelerometer [7] J.Chandramohan, R.Nagarajan , K.Satheeshkumar ,
etc. the monitoring task is done by the cloud platform and N.Ajithkumar , P.A.Gopinath , S.Ranjithkumar,
the controlling part is done by our microcontroller unit i.e. is “Intelligent Smart Home Automation and Security
Arduino UNO. System Using Arduino and Wi-fi”, IJECS, Vol.6, March
2017.
The sensors, appliances and Wi-Fi module are interfaced
with Arduino UNO. The value of sensors brings a change in [8] Surinder Kaur, Rashmi Singh, Neha Khairwal, Pratyk
the status of our appliances. The flex sensor depends on the Jain, “HOME AUTOMATION AND SECURITY SYSTEM”,
gestures of our fingers to control the appliances. The ACII, Vol.3, July 2016.
accelerometer controls the opening and closing of door. The
magnetic sensor alerts us if the door lock breaks. The flame [9] Jayashri Bangali, Arvind Shaligram, “Design and
sensor alerts us if there is fire in the house. The status of our Implementation of Security Systems for Smart Home
appliances are uploaded on the cloud platform and the user based on GSM technology”, IJSH, Vol.7, 2013.
can see the status on his laptop and smartphone as well. The
Arduino UNO controls the appliances on the basis of value [10] M. Wu, T. J. Lu, F. Y. Ling, J. Sun, and H. Y. Du, “Research
given by sensors. on the architecture of Internet of Things,” in Proc. 3rd
ICACTE, 2010.

© 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1359