ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We take this opportunity to acknowledge my profound gratitude to Dr. Syed

Shakeeb-ur-Rahman, Principal, Sri Jaychamarajendra college of Engg., Mysuru for all
the Infrastructure and facilities provided during my study in the institution.

We sincerely thank Dr. Shanmukh Swamy, Head, Dept. of ECE, JSS Science
and Technology University., Mysuru for his suggestions and support for completion of
the Project work.

We would like to place on record of my deep sense of gratitude to my Project guide

Mrs. B A Sujathakumari, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of ECE, JSS Science and Technology
University, Mysuru for his valuable guidance, help and useful suggestions in this Project
work.

We would like to thank all teaching and non-teaching faculty, Dept. of ECE, JSS
Science and Technology University, Mysuru for their constant and valuable guidance in
completing the project work.

Finally we would like to thank my Parents and all my beloved ones for
supporting me in many ways that meant a lot to me.

GREESHMA V K

PUJA PORBIYA

SRIDEVI G

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 ABSTRACT

The home automation is an automation system that is supposed to be implemented in

existing home environments, without any changes in the existing infrastructure. Home
Automation lets the user to control his home from his or her computer. In the computer program
the user can create actions what should happen with electrical devices in the network depending
on the sensors sensing surrounding environment. An important tool of microcontroller MSP430
is used as it’s highly programmable to perform various tasks. As it is a low power device it can
be used for long- hour operations which are necessary for home automation. This application
report describes how to implement an ultra-low-power ldr –based dark detector. Ldr is used to
observe the intensity of light and its resistance varies depending on the light. Msp430 is
programed such that it turns on led detecting darkness. This type of application is used in home
automation where lights can be made to turn on automatically during night.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i

ABSTRACT ii

LIST OF FIGURES v

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Motivation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 What can home automation do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

1.3 Literature review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

1.4 Architecture of proposed system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

1.5 Working principle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 HARDWARE COMPONENTS

2.1 MSP430g2553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1.1 Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

2.3 LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.3.1 Working principle of LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

2.3.2 Characteristics of LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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 2.3.3 Types of LDR . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

2.4 DC motor. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.5 Light emitting diode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

2.6 L293d motor driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

2.6.1 Features of motor driver. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

2.6.2 Technical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

2.6.3 L293D IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

2.6.4 Motor driver input (10pin box header / j1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

2.7 Temperature sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.7.1 Temperature range. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

2.7.2 Accuracy of temperature sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

3. SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION 16

3.1 Energia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3.2 Flowchart of proposed system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

4. RESULTS 18

4.1 Working model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.2 Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

REFERENCES

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1.1 Architecture of proposed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 MSP430 pin diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3 LDR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.4 Symbol of LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.5 Resistance v/s illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.6 DC motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.7 LED’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.8 Working of LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.9 L293D Motor Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.10 Temperature Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.1 Flow chart of proposed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.1 Working model of the proposed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18