Basically Home automation (Domotics) is a way to make things automatic in your home like
- Controlling of lights
- Watering to plants
- Fan controlling
- HVAC (Heat, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
This is growing very rapidly with advent of IoT (Internet of Things) technology. So in the coming years we would also have automation systems at our homes.
Why home automation? This is very important question. Since Home automation can control anything from your lights and fans to smart power systems like Nest thermostat IoT device.
So, by automation we can save a lot of time doing other important things and we don’t have to think about switching ON/ OFF and controlling the device manually which will also reduce our stress level.
- Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning
- Light controlling system
- Smart meter
- Security systems
- Leaks detection, smoke and CO detectors
- Indoor positioning systems (as used in apple home pods)
- Home automation for elderly or disabled persons
- Pet care
Hardware? Home automation devices are quite compact which you can use in your home very easily. Apart from the required electronics for controlling purposes, these devices have dedicated systems for communication because after all these devices will connect to your smartphone through which you would control anything like light controlling, heating, surveillance etc.
Here is the list of few IoT devices that you could use in your home to make it automated.
- Amazon Dash button
- Apple Home Pod
- BlueSmart One
- Nest
- FitBark
- Tile
- Bixi
- Form 2 3D printer
- August smart lock
Security? Because these devices are connect with Bluetooth/ Wi-Fi/ Internet connections, so they are prone to security issues which might be harmful for you. But companies have already done a lot of work the security areas so it’s very much difficult to hack these devices for a malicious purposes.
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