Hello
My name is Dan, and I on my final university year.
I am thinking about the project that I wanted to do for the final year, and would not like to go with something very basic that everyone does like, hotel, students management systems etc.
Instead I had an idea of designing a centralised software for a smart home.
I do like this idea, but the thing, that stands in my way of developing this software is that I will have to test it, therefore I'll have to buy or make my software work with some sort of micro controller, chip, and other hardware.
Any ideas on how I could design the smart home system, demo it, but keep it purely at software level witouth this hardware sensors.
Thanks for any ideas
Mahesh ChandPosted Sep 16, 2014, 10:53 PM
https://developer.nest.com/
Many homes these days have smart devices such as thermostats, fans, lights, garage door openers, smart washer dryers and so on.
How about combining all of them? Most of these products have an IP and sometimes share a common z-wave or other frequencies. Tapping into those and build a single system is a good idea and I can definitely use it :)
Good luck!