Reducing Consumption Of Energy In Home Caused By Light Bulbs Through Gsm Network

Abstract

The general objective of this study is to design controlling mechanism that prevents wastage of excessively consumed energy due to light bulbs in home using GSM Network. GSM module was used for receiving SMS from user’s mobile phone that automatically enable the controller to take the action such as to switch ON and OFF the light bulbs. The system used SIM900 GSM Module which allows users to effectively control light bulbs from wherever by sending SMS (Short Message Service) to the device. ATmega328 microcontroller which is embedded in Arduino Uno board, which was used to communicate with SIM900 GSM Module and the relay module to carry out the ON/OFF operations received from user’s mobile phone. The software used to this system Arduino IDE to write the codes which makes the communication with microcontroller; programming language C, and the Proteus software is used to simulation. When a user sends an SMS to the controller at home or at work, the system is stimulated. The microcontroller units automatically control the light bulbs by turning the gadget ON or OFF in response to receiving the SMS command. The system has been successfully developed and it could provide effective mechanism in controlling the light bulbs efficiently as result the excessively wastage of power is reduced. This research provides a modern approach to our society to control the light bulbs and improves the traditional method of switching. The evaluation indicates that as the user perform successfully; it reduces monthly bill payment by more than 50% from the previous consumption. The system has evaluated in different ways, the first one is measuring the performance of the system in terms of speed and the second evaluation is undertaken using assessment and collecting data from the user to show the effectiveness of the method. As indicated from simulation result, the execution time of the system is very fast when the commands are sent from user to take action & the time taken to perform the action is very minimum seconds/milliseconds/.The assessment result indicated that, when the user implement this method in their home, they reduce wastage of power highly and as result they minimize monthly bill payment by half of the earlier payment.