Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)

Smart homes can be a potential application which provides unobtrusive support for the normal users, elderly or disabled that wants to promote independent living. Generally, smart home consists of various sensors, controllers and home network that are placed around the house. This paper presents a si...

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Main Authors: Teh, Kent How, Ng, Wei Lun, Ng, Chee Kyun, Noordin, Nor Kamariah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47806/
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Ng, Wei Lun
Ng, Chee Kyun
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
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Ng, Chee Kyun
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
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description Smart homes can be a potential application which provides unobtrusive support for the normal users, elderly or disabled that wants to promote independent living. Generally, smart home consists of various sensors, controllers and home network that are placed around the house. This paper presents a simple home networking system by using Controller Area Network (CAN) as the main communication protocol to manage multiple home appliances. The proposed management system consists of three main components: central controller subsystem (CCS), CAN module and relay module. CCS is a simple server where a simple graphical user interface (GUI) is built with multiple command buttons to obtain the user inputs. The CAN module is distinguished as either master CAN node or slave CAN node. The master CAN node is a CAN module that is attached to CCS. In contrast, the CAN module that attached to the home appliance is known as slave CAN node. The user input signal that contains a CAN data frame broadcasts from master CAN node to all slave CAN nodes via CAN bus. Each data frame consists of an identifier that is compared by each slave CAN node. If the identifier is not matched, the signal will be discarded by the slave CAN node. Otherwise, the slave CAN node will decode the data frame and execute the given command. The relay module of this slave CAN node will either switch `ON' or `OFF' the corresponding home appliances. The proposed management system using CAN has the advantages of being simple in its design which contributes to the overall low cost. Moreover, the CAN network system is immune from the electrical interferences. Finally, the experimental results have shown that the proposed system is operating accurately and efficiently.
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spelling upm-478062019-04-18T04:45:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47806/ Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN) Teh, Kent How Ng, Wei Lun Ng, Chee Kyun Noordin, Nor Kamariah Smart homes can be a potential application which provides unobtrusive support for the normal users, elderly or disabled that wants to promote independent living. Generally, smart home consists of various sensors, controllers and home network that are placed around the house. This paper presents a simple home networking system by using Controller Area Network (CAN) as the main communication protocol to manage multiple home appliances. The proposed management system consists of three main components: central controller subsystem (CCS), CAN module and relay module. CCS is a simple server where a simple graphical user interface (GUI) is built with multiple command buttons to obtain the user inputs. The CAN module is distinguished as either master CAN node or slave CAN node. The master CAN node is a CAN module that is attached to CCS. In contrast, the CAN module that attached to the home appliance is known as slave CAN node. The user input signal that contains a CAN data frame broadcasts from master CAN node to all slave CAN nodes via CAN bus. Each data frame consists of an identifier that is compared by each slave CAN node. If the identifier is not matched, the signal will be discarded by the slave CAN node. Otherwise, the slave CAN node will decode the data frame and execute the given command. The relay module of this slave CAN node will either switch `ON' or `OFF' the corresponding home appliances. The proposed management system using CAN has the advantages of being simple in its design which contributes to the overall low cost. Moreover, the CAN network system is immune from the electrical interferences. Finally, the experimental results have shown that the proposed system is operating accurately and efficiently. IEEE 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47806/1/Home%20appliances%20management%20system%20using%20Controller%20Area%20Network%20%28CAN%29.pdf Teh, Kent How and Ng, Wei Lun and Ng, Chee Kyun and Noordin, Nor Kamariah (2011) Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN). In: 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2011), 2-5 Oct. 2011, Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (pp. 899-904). 10.1109/APCC.2011.6152937
spellingShingle Teh, Kent How
Ng, Wei Lun
Ng, Chee Kyun
Noordin, Nor Kamariah
Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title_full Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title_fullStr Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title_full_unstemmed Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title_short Home appliances management system using Controller Area Network (CAN)
title_sort home appliances management system using controller area network (can)
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47806/1/Home%20appliances%20management%20system%20using%20Controller%20Area%20Network%20%28CAN%29.pdf