Automated Light Controller

During this project, I became comfortable with troubleshooting electrical systems, calibrating sensors, using control logic, and prototyping with microcontrollers. The system I created worked flawlessly and was left installed in my apartment.

While the system I created solved the problem I had, it would have been nice to have utilized additional sensors. Aside from using the front door to determine when someone entered the room, I would have liked to employ an IR break beam sensor to determine when someone entered the main room from another room in the apartment. Additionally, having the lights turn on when someone was watching a movie and forgot to turn off the system was an annoyance. To correct this problem, I could have utilized a sensor to register when the television was on and not turn on the lights when someone entered the apartment. I could have accomplished this by using a microphone placed by the television speaker and calibrating it so that it would only register the television if the noise was above a certain level.