A Cell Phone-Based Remote Home Control System

Adam Mohling CprE mohbandy@iastate.edu Arturo Palau EE apalau@iastate.edu Issa Drame EE issad@iastate.edu Chau Nguyen EE chayman@iastate.edu
Client: ECpE Department

Advisor: Ahmed E. Kamal, Professor kamal@iastate.edu

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Agenda
Problem statement System overview System components

Technology considerations Device operations

Summary and conclusions Questions

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Problem Statement

Design a system that allows users, upon authentication, to remotely control and monitor multiple home appliances using a cell phonebased interface.

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Project in Action Entire System

Lamp

Controlled Devices

Fan

Thermostat

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Project in Action Cellular Phone Communication

Lamp

Controlled Devices

Fan

Thermostat

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Cellular Phone Communication

Technologies Considered

Tone Decoding (DTMF) Features

High Compatibility with all cell phone models Limited user interaction More prone to user error (uneditable) Inefficient, time consuming Additional hardware required (convert sound to binary)
Data transmitted in binary form (ASCII) Message can be edited prior to sending

Text Messaging (SMS) Features

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Cellular Phone Communication

Technology Selected: Text Messaging Reasons for Selection: Allows user to verify and edit the message before sending to ensure the command issued is the command requested Data is transmitted in binary, requires less hardware to manipulate (as opposed to DTMF) Most commonly used in M2M technology

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Cellular Phone Communication

Text Message Implementation

Users will be provided with a list of pre-defined commands that can be stored into the cellular phone Users will then have to enter or issue the commands from the cellular phone defined by the command list Example command : PASSWORD

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Project in Action Cellular Module

Lamp

Controlled Devices

Fan

Text Messages

Thermostat

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Cellular Modules
Model EE54 Edge Type GSM / GPRS Connection type USB 2.0 Low insertion force system connector 60 pin boardon-board including RS232 for AT + 2 general purpose Serial interfaces Programming AT commands (GSM07.07 and 07.05) Additional features TCP/IP protocol stack. PPP protocol Kit SIM 1.8/3V on board SIM card reader

Required

GM47

GSM / GPRS

AT +proprietary commands

AT access to TCP/IP stack UDP

Required

3/5V SIM reader with SIM detection

GM28

GSM / GPRS

RS232 DB-9 connection

Control via AT commands

AT access to TCP/IP stack UDP UCS2 16 bit data supported

Not Required

3/5V SIM reader with SIM detection

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Cellular Modules
Module Selected: GM28

Reasons for Selection: RS232 DB9 connector No kit necessary for interface Located coding examples
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Project in Action - Microcontroller

Lamp

GM28

Controlled Devices

Fan

Text Messages

Thermostat

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Microcontrollers
Starter Kit STK200 Starter Kit
AT90S8515**(8K bytes Flash) ISP and RS232 9-15VDC or 7-12VAC

STK300 Starter Kit

ATmega128**(128KB Flash; 4KB EEPROM; 4KB SRAM) ISP and RS232; opt. USB 9-15VDC or 7-12VAC

Freescale Starter Kit MC68HC11E9

MC68HC11E9 (12KB Flash/EPROM; 512B RAM; 512B EEPROM) PC COM port 7-18VDC

8051 Starter Kit Philips XA/RD/66x

XA-G49 (64KB Flash; 2KB RAM) RS232 9-15V AC or DC

Microcontroller
Cable/Connection Power Consumption I/O

64-pins
Sockets for various microcontrollers Vcc and Ground for external circuitry Brownout (2.9V or 4.5V level) Application Builder

66-pins
Vcc and Ground for powering external circuitry Include daughter board Brownout (2.9V or 4.5V level) STK300 Application Builder AVR ISP (C-complier) AVR and IAR Studio $85

38 pins
3"x1.5" Solderless Breadboard 32Kbytes external RAM Buffalo Monitor utility for debug and test program AXIDE free Assembler, C compiler

32 pins
40-pin DIP 44-pin PLCC sockets switches and 10-way Bar LED Application Builder C-compiler Demos WINISP and Flash Magic Programming Tools $99 $94.80

Highlights

Software

AVR Studio 3 and 4 AVREdit and AVRGCC

Price

$66

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Microcontroller
Microcontroller Selected: STK300 Starter Kit Reasons for Selection: Allows large-scaled projects (ATmega128) Interchangeable microcontroller design Sufficient number of I/O pins Vcc and Gnd pins can power external circuitry Application Builder, AVR Studio, and programmable in C Language

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Programming Languages Considered

All the software developed for this project will be loaded into the memory of the STK300 microcontroller. The language must be supported by the STK300s compiler

The STK300 compiler supports C and Assembly Java and C++ considered because code can be converted to C

Assembly C
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C++ Java
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Development Languages
Development Language Considered Assembly Language Features: Low level language (greater device control) Less memory required Not many development resources/libraries available Team out of practice in Assembly language programming

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Development Languages
Development Language Considered

JAVA Language Features: Many GSM programming resources available Object oriented language (modular coding) Large memory requirement Poor response time
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Development Languages
Development Language Considered

C++ Language Features: All team members have knowledge of C++ Object oriented language (modular coding) Not many development resources / libraries available
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Development Languages
Development Language Considered C Language Features: Universally reliable language Many programming resources available

Serial port libraries GSM libraries

Example code and project resources online Team will need to identify differences between C and C++
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Development Languages
Development Language Selected: C Programming Language Reasons for Selection: Vast amount of online resources Ease of development Team members have experience coding C
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Software Development Environment

The code for this project will be developed in a more user friendly environment than AVR Studio (provided with the STK300) Possible Solutions: Eclipse v3.1 MS Visual Studio .NET 2003
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Software Development Environment

Eclipse v3.1

Free, but requires some setup for team Free through MSDNAA (available to all ECE)

MS Visual Studio .NET 2003

Both are similar in their advantages. Since the .c files will be copied into the STK300s compiler, decision was made to go with Visual Studio .NET
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Project in Action Controlled Devices

Lamp

GM28

Controlled Devices

Fan

STK300

Text Messages

Thermostat

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Controlled Devices
The following devices will be controlled by the microcontroller:

Fan Light Digital thermostat

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Controlled Devices - Fan

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Controlled Devices - Light

STK300 port B, bit 0 STK300 port B bit 1

Control relay

Manual/Remote select Power from 120VAC outlet Light Switch

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Controlled Device Status Detection

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Controlled Device - Digital Thermostat

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Summary
Experiences Technical Experiences: GSM modules Microcontroller Control circuits synthesis Personal Experiences: Time management Communication Accountability

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Conclusions
Lessons Learned Functioning in a team environment Should follow assignment criteria closely Amount of detailed documents goes in a professional project

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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Sony Ericsson for providing the teams GM28 cellular module Special thanks to Prof Kamal for his continued support to the team

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Questions?
Lamp

GM28

Any device with an electrical interface

Controlled Devices

Fan

STK300

Text Messages

Thermostat

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