Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System
In the era of Industry 4.0, remote monitoring and controlling appliance/equipment at home, institute, or industry from a long distance with low power consumption remains challenging. At present, some smart phones are being actively used to control appliances at home or institute using Internet of Th...
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| author | Nur-A-Alam Mominul Ahsan Md. Abdul Based Julfikar Haider Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues |
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| description | In the era of Industry 4.0, remote monitoring and controlling appliance/equipment at home, institute, or industry from a long distance with low power consumption remains challenging. At present, some smart phones are being actively used to control appliances at home or institute using Internet of Things (IoT) systems. This paper presents a novel smart automation system using long range (LoRa) technology. The proposed LoRa based system consists of wireless communication system and different types of sensors, operated by a smart phone application and powered by a low-power battery, with an operating range of 3–12 km distance. The system established a connection between an android phone and a microprocessor (ESP32) through Wi-Fi at the sender end. The ESP32 module was connected to a LoRa module. At the receiver end, an ESP32 module and LoRa module without Wi-Fi was employed. Wide Area Network (WAN) communication protocol was used on the LoRa module to provide switching functionality of the targeted area. The performance of the system was evaluated by three real-life case studies through measuring environmental temperature and humidity, detecting fire, and controlling the switching functionality of appliances. Obtaining correct environmental data, fire detection with 90% accuracy, and switching functionality with 92.33% accuracy at a distance up to 12 km demonstrated the high performance of the system. The proposed smart system with modular design proved to be highly effective in controlling and monitoring home appliances from a longer distance with relatively lower power consumption. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac169e496296423c9aac484152caffac2023-11-21T09:42:13ZengMDPI AGDesigns2411-96602021-03-01511710.3390/designs5010017Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT SystemNur-A-Alam0Mominul Ahsan1Md. Abdul Based2Julfikar Haider3Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues4Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail 1902, BangladeshDepartment of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester St, Manchester M1 5GD, UKDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dhaka International University, Dhaka 1205, BangladeshDepartment of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester St, Manchester M1 5GD, UKManagement and Production Technologies of Northern Aveiro—ESAN, Estrada do Cercal 449, Santiago de Riba-Ul, 3720-509 Oliveira de Azeméis, PortugalIn the era of Industry 4.0, remote monitoring and controlling appliance/equipment at home, institute, or industry from a long distance with low power consumption remains challenging. At present, some smart phones are being actively used to control appliances at home or institute using Internet of Things (IoT) systems. This paper presents a novel smart automation system using long range (LoRa) technology. The proposed LoRa based system consists of wireless communication system and different types of sensors, operated by a smart phone application and powered by a low-power battery, with an operating range of 3–12 km distance. The system established a connection between an android phone and a microprocessor (ESP32) through Wi-Fi at the sender end. The ESP32 module was connected to a LoRa module. At the receiver end, an ESP32 module and LoRa module without Wi-Fi was employed. Wide Area Network (WAN) communication protocol was used on the LoRa module to provide switching functionality of the targeted area. The performance of the system was evaluated by three real-life case studies through measuring environmental temperature and humidity, detecting fire, and controlling the switching functionality of appliances. Obtaining correct environmental data, fire detection with 90% accuracy, and switching functionality with 92.33% accuracy at a distance up to 12 km demonstrated the high performance of the system. The proposed smart system with modular design proved to be highly effective in controlling and monitoring home appliances from a longer distance with relatively lower power consumption.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/5/1/17Industry 4.0automationandroid applicationLoRa technologyESP32 moduleIoT |
| spellingShingle | Nur-A-Alam Mominul Ahsan Md. Abdul Based Julfikar Haider Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System Designs Industry 4.0 automation android application LoRa technology ESP32 module IoT |
| title | Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System |
| title_full | Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System |
| title_fullStr | Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System |
| title_short | Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System |
| title_sort | smart monitoring and controlling of appliances using lora based iot system |
| topic | Industry 4.0 automation android application LoRa technology ESP32 module IoT |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/5/1/17 |
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