HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPLEX FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS MONITORING IN SMART HOME SYSTEMS

• Main Authors: T. A. Demenkova, A. I. Alexandrov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CRI «Electronics» 2018-06-01
• Series: Радиопромышленность
• Subjects: smart home technologies; internet of things; automated building management system; modular weather station; energy saving; active house
• Online Access: https://www.radioprom.org/jour/article/view/310

The paper is dedicated to methodology for development of weather monitoring firmware and its algorithmic support for  implementation in active house systems. The high relevance of the studied subject area is explained by the steady trend  for information collection and analysis processes automation for the purpose of optimizing solutions of multiple tasks and  processes, also taking into account the depletion of non-renewable energy resources. The substance of the research is  development of principles for building tools for collection and initial analysis of information based upon smart house  technologies and the Internet of Things in order to develop wireless weather monitoring modules for use in the active  house system. The paper analyses existing comparable systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and based the  analysis the key requirements to the firmware have been defined. Appropriate algorithms have been proposed and  schematic diagrams and operation control programs have been developed to secure high performance parameters for  reliability and energy consumption and to make the system qualitatively different from comparable systems. Quantitative  computations of reliability, power consumption, microcontroller useful life and autonomous operation time for the weather  station external module have been performed. The paper is featured by a new solution developed for the structure and by  the algorithmic support of the weather monitoring system based upon the smart home and Internet of Things advanced  technologies creating the necessary conditions for further development of such systems.