- Title
- A mobile based control system for smart homes
- Creator
- Tshimanga, Danny Kazadi
- Subject
- Smart power grids
- Subject
- Home automation
- Date
- 2022-03
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/22632
- Identifier
- vital:52606
- Description
- A Smart Home Control System can provide a secure home, convenience, comfort, and interactivity of life in a particular home. The system can enable the automatic controlling of a house via a Smart Phone. These systems are becoming vital and widely used in homes to improve conditions of life. Most commercial home automation systems are expensive and their maintenance would require experts who understand the underlying implementation of the systems. This study developed a mobile-based home automation system prototype. The system was developed using the waterfall model methodology. To evaluate the developed system, the study used a simulation method. Ten trials were conducted to determine the performance of the implemented system. The mean time to failure was used to evaluate the system’ reliability. The system’s performance analysis revealed that the developed system performed better than the two other approaches; the Bluetooth and ZigBee. The developed system showed a 0 percent error, while the Bluetooth had 8 percent error and ZigBee 6 percent error. The reliability results showed the average lifespan of assets in the system before they could fail. Knowing the lifespan of an asset before it fails can help in reducing downtime of the system by planning or scheduling maintenance and develop an improved maintenance strategy.
- Description
- Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science and Agriculture, 2021
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (71 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science and Agriculture
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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