For one of our smart home tests, we used Node-Red. It is available by default in the Raspberry PI operating system Raspbian. To access Node-Red the Raspberry PI and a smart device must be connected to the same network.
Clearly, IoT technologies are very well suited for people who have, let’s say, challenges in terms of mobility or independence.”
In previous articles, the study showed that consumers need integration between sensors and one single application for controls. In other words, interoperability in Raspberry PI allows sensors to be connected between the microcontroller and application.
Smart home project concepts or home automation were around since the year 1968. ECHO IV was the first computerised home automation system used for simple tasks such as: storing shopping and household finance list.
According to a study based on a report made by ‘PlumChoice’ and the ‘Z-Wave Alliance’ shows that in 2015, only 67% of consumers showed that they knew what a smart home and smart device is.
However, one year later…
Almost every home appliance that is used by residents can be turned into a smart device. In other words, a smart device would provide consumers with feedback based on collected information from monitoring.
Almost every smart device uses a network, and the device utilizes a ZigBee module to create a personal area network. However, there are some security concerns.
The Internet of Things is the network of human-made physical devices, home appliances, cars, industry and other items that are connected to smart sensors, software, databases, electronics and network which allows all items to share collected data.