The thesis is focused on lights management options within a smart home architecture. In the beginning, we get familiar with the concept of Internet of things and its applications in broad variety of fields, including its usage in smart homes. We are met with an IoT reference model and benefits or challenges that come with the technology. We wrap up the first part with short cover of security and vulnerabilities in IoT.
We describe our project in the second part of our thesis. Idea is to create a smart and automated wireless light control system. Standard user would get an insight in his habits, living environment would be more useful and the system would offer an additional level of comfort. We thoroughly describe the main components of our project. The central unit of our system is Home Assistant platform, which is running on Raspberry Pi. We flash the Sonoff smart switches with custom firmware Tasmota and link them with our Home Assistant. We connect the system with our local network and implement additional features and create automations. We also describe basic use cases and put them to the test. Finally we evaluate system performance and give our thoughts on different upgrade options.
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