IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol.

3, Issue 01, 2015 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613

Home Automation using LabVIEW

Jesika Meshram1 Nayana Deshmukh2 Sadik Sayed3
1,2,3
Department of Electrical Engineering
1,2,3
AISSMS’S IOIT Pune, India
Abstract— A home automation is a system which uses the
information technology to monitor the electric equipment’s II. BLOCK DIAGRAM
and communicates it with the outer world. It is a technology
which is developing. A home automation system has been
developed in order to achieve some of the activities
performed frequently in daily life automatically so as to
obtain more easier and comfortable life. The system is based
on the LabVIEW software and can act as the security guard
of the home. The system can monitor the temperature,
humidity, lighting, fire and burglar alarm, gas density of the
house. The system has also the internet connection to
monitor and control the house equipment from anywhere in
the world. The approach combines hardware and software Fig. 1: Block Diagram
technologies.
Key words: Home automation, LabVIEW, LPC2138 A. Block Diagram Description:
1) Temperature Sensor:
I. INTRODUCTION Temperature sensor is used in this project to sense the room
temperature. We have used a Temperature sensor called
In recent times, home automation efforts are being exercised
LM35. This temperature sensor has the ability to sense the
intensively as to setup standards for building efficient smart
temperature of the atmosphere around it also it senses the
home suited to custom and regional requirements. Remote
temperature of any machine to which it is connected. Thus,
control of appliances is an important aspect to be considered
depending upon the purpose for which it is used, it gives the
for implementing home automation and home security
reading of the temperature. LM35 series are precision
systems. When the resident is away from home, for security
integrated-circuit temperature sensors, whose output voltage
purposes, it may be required for him to switch ON certain
is linearly proportional to the Celsius temperature.
lamps as to give a feeling to others that the resident is inside
Temperature sensor is an analog sensor and it gives
home. Also, when the resident is away for a long time,
the output in the form of analog signal. This signal is then
before reentering his home he would like to switch ON his
feed to ADC which will convert it into digital form. Once it
AC and perhaps his refrigerator. Being away from home
is converted into analog form and thus the microcontroller
such control operations are to be executed with remote
can process the digital temperature signal as per the purpose
control facilities employing commonly available public
for which it is used.
communication tools. Furthermore, in home security
2) Light Sensor:
aspects, any hazardous fire accident that might occur in
Photo resistors or Light Dependent Resistors (LDR) is the
home while the resident being away need be alerted for
one which changes the resistance according to intensity of
taking rescuing measures. An automated smart home.
the light. Normally the resistance of LDR decreases with
 Local control of appliances situated in different living
possesses facilities such as
increase in the intensity of light falling on it. Photomultiplier
tubes contain a photocathode which emits the electrons
 Remote control of appliances given by telephone
rooms of the flat by the resident inside the home when illuminated, and these electrons are then amplified by
a chain of dynodes.
admitting the visitors to enter into home after video 3) LPC2138:

 Home assistant software that brings the daily

and audio monitoring LPC 2138 is a 32 bit 64 pin microcontroller which offer
real-time debugging with the On-chip Real Monitor
activities to be performed, to the monitor screen as to software and high-speed tracing of instruction execution.

 Energy saving by using a. active sun tracking solar

alert the resident for facing the events of the day. 4) Liquid Crystal Display:
LCD is used in this project to visualize the output of the

 Intruder detection and remote intimation by

panel and b. optimal direction drifting windmill proposed project. We have used 16x2 LCD which indicates
16 columns and 2 rows. Thus, we can write 16 characters in
telephone. each line. So, we can display total 32 on 16x2 LCD.
The multistoried smart home building consisting of LCD is used in this project to check the output of
several flats needs to have full security and happy living different modules interfaced with the microcontroller. Thus
conditions facilitating these features. we can say that the LCD plays a vital role in a project to see
the output and debug the system module in case of system
failure so as to rectify the problem
5) LabVIEW:
NI LabVIEW software is used for wide variety of
applications in industry. It is used for creating custom

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applications that interact with the real world data or signals V. FLOW OF PROJECT
in field such as science and engineering. The advantage of
using this software is that the net project is completed in
fewer times with the least people involved.

Fig. 2: LabVIEW Valuable Components

III. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION

Real time parameters are monitored using the
communication between hardware and software through
microcontroller. The sensor output is directly given to the
computer and Communication is done using the serial port.

Fig. 4: Flowchart of Project

A. Algorithm:
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Step 1:Start

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Step 2: Initialize the LCD

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Step 3: LDR senses the intensity of light in the room.

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Step 4: LM35 senses the room temp.
Step 5: Set the value of temperature and light

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intensity on the LabVIEW screen.
Step 6: If room temperature is greater than set value

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then turn ON the fan else turn it OFF.
Step 7: If the intensity of light is less than set value

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then turn on the light else turn it OFF.
Step 8: Stop

VI. CONCLUSION
The main objective of this Paper is to design a control and
monitor system for smart house. Home automation is done
by using LabVIEW software as the main controlling system
Fig. 3: Hardware Implementation in this paper. The system also is connected to monitor and
control the house equipment’s using LabVIEW.
IV. SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION
A. Advantages:
LabVIEW can perform serial communication built-in or 
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Less time delays
externally attached to the serial ports on your computer.
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Quick response time
Serial communication uses a transmitter so as to send the

Fully automate system
data one bit at a time over a single communication line to a

receiver. This method is used when data transfer rates are Robust system
low, and you can also transfer the data over long distances. Low power requirement

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VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank our guide Prof. Mrs.A.A.Rane for her valuable
contribution in preparing this paper and helping us out many
a time when we needed guidance. We are indebted to the
Department of Electrical Engineering of for providing the
support required.

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