Design of Home-hub IC & its implementation on FPGA /
Syed M. Saad Ahmed Shah, Ali Nadeem Baig, Zain Ali, Zaeem Ahmed.
- MCS, NUST Rawalpindi 2024
- 68 p
With smart home variants becoming popular daily, the demand for advanced and centralized control systems is rising. This Home Hub IC builds a solution to the necessity of highly complex integrated applications in modern smart home systems. The integration of Bluetooth communication standards is another critical sensor network technology. As the intermediary, the controller can efficiently and effortlessly control a broad spectrum of intelligent devices. It may come as a surprise that the same lighting control, security system, climate control, etc., can be facilitated using its multifaceted design. In developing the firmware, the features of users' interaction with their smart home devices through the controller were considered. Similarly, power management is also part of the design, which could reduce energy consumption due to the longer life of connected devices. It not only simplifies but also improves the quality of security and energy efficiency of smart homes with this application-level integration controller IC. Its reliability, robustness, and versatility make it a perfect integration for every smart home complex that can accommodate it. The Home Hub Controller IC considers the increasing market size for easy-to-manage and centralized control systems in smart home automation. Its modeling of different communication protocols provides easy connections and administration of the many smart devices. Homeowners can now have better control and management over their lighting, security systems, climate control, and other features via the centralized controller system that incorporates everything in one interface. However, firmware implementation is very significant as it has to be easy for homeowners to use to manage connected devices efficiently. Besides the fact that it is a solution to optimize energy consumption, introducing power management features would also prolong the lifespan of these devices and even decrease the energy consumption concerns in homes.