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Wireless Window Blinds, Cooper Laone, Niraj Morar, Zachary Malig, Jake Phillips
Wireless Window Blinds, Cooper Laone, Niraj Morar, Zachary Malig, Jake Phillips
Electrical Engineering
The Internet of Things asserts that there exists a global need for all objects to connect easily and accessibly. Today, smartphones, tablets, laptops and smart watches makeup just a few of the interconnected devices by the greater population. As a result a growing need for wireless connection between personal devices like phones, and computers to everyday appliances exists. This idea extends directly to households, businesses and buildings, where a growing need for smart home or smart-business appliances has taken root. Many companies like Nest, ADT and Apple make products for automated home security and in home media control. The Wireless …
Lyfi, Kianoosh Salami, Justin Cotton, Elush Shirazpour
Lyfi, Kianoosh Salami, Justin Cotton, Elush Shirazpour
Electrical Engineering
This paper will cover the steps necessary to design, build, and manage networkable smart light switches over WiFi via a mobile application. It contains a microcontroller running a real time operating system, a WiFi module, a Java server with SQLite databasing, and a mobile phone application.
LyFi is designed to turn on/off and dim household lights while only requiring the same installation procedure as a less capable dimmer switch. Once installed and connected to a network, LyFi will self-discover and configure. The server automatically propogates a database of nodes where any mobile device running an application can receive an updated …