Domotics(Home automation)
This involves the automation of home, housework or household activity. Items such as centralized control of lighting, HVAC appliances and other systems come under the broad purview of home automation. The advantages of this include improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security. increased quality of life is provided for the elderly people by home automation. Many electrical devices in a in a house are integrated with each other in a home automation system.
Overview and benefits
homes have been wired for electrical power, telephones, TV outlets. air conditioning to an energy saving , inventory of products, turning on the lights on persons entry, Remote and intelligent control technologies etc are the main categories in this field.
System
A domotics system includes the following systems;
-hardware controllers or software controllers
-sensors
-actuators
Either a centralized controller can be used or a multiple controllers can be distributed around the home.
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