Introduction
In this R&D project the focus are Home Automation, Smart Houses and Buildings.
Below you find an overview of relevant topics within Automation Systems and Industry 4.0:
- Industrial IT and Automation Overview
- Automation and Control Overview
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Computing and Hosting
- Database Systems
- Data Aquisition (DAQ)
- Datalogging and Monitoring
Home Automation
Below you see one of Home Automation configuration that has been executed in this project:
Explanation of the different parts in the Figure:
- Sensor Nodes: Acquires data. The Sensor Node can be Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.
- Data Hubs: Collects data from the sensor nodes in one location or area, typically a house, part of a factory plant, etc.
- Database: Repository for the sensor data, etc.
- Data Cloud Services: Service for acquiring data from multiple areas in the cloud. The communication is based on HTTP and REST APIs
Below you find an overview of relevant topics within Home Automation and Smart Home Solutions:
Internet of Things (IoT) Overview
Technical Project Foundation
The technical foundation for this project are the following topics:
- Industrial IT
- Automation and Control
- Software Engineering
- Programming with Visual Studio/C#, LabVIEW and MATLAB
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Hosting and Computing
- Industry 4.0
- Database Systems
- Data Acquisition (DAQ)
- SCADA
- OPC
- Datalogging and Monitoring
- Arduino
- Raspberry Pi
- etc.
Click on these topics above and you will find lots of background information, training material, videos, and other resoures.
Datalogging, Management and Monitoring Platform
This is a platform for Datalogging, Management and Monitoring (DMM) - with Applications within Industrial IT, Automation, Smart Homes and Buildings.
The platform is open source, you can freely download source code, documentation, etc.
The platform makes it possible to manage and log data from different sources and devices, such as ordinary PC with DAQ devices, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Data can be stored locally or in the cloud.
Research Groups
Some of these projects has been carried out as part of the following research groups at the university: