How to Make A Home Smart on Budget [IoT] — Home Automation

3 min readJul 9, 2021

By Binoy Anto | Jul 08, 2021 10:43pm

If you are planning to build a new home or thinking to renovate your existing home and its electrical accessories, first thing comes to your mind will be how to make my new home a better home, better in ways of connectivity, electricity savings, easiness to use and control, integrate and automate things and peace of mind. Smart home which is a term used in several sense, comes into scene here.

A smart home refers to a convenient home setup where appliances and devices can be automatically controlled remotely from anywhere with an internet connection using a mobile or other networked device. Devices in a smart home are interconnected through the internet, allowing the user to control functions such as security access to the home, temperature, lighting, and a home theater remotely.
Smart Home Definition by https://www.investopedia.com/

As per the word of Nathan Smith Director, smart home at Amazon, “We think of a smart home as one where technology saves you time, gives you peace of mind, and helps simplify routine tasks”

When we think about Smart Home another term comes into mind IoT [Internet of Things], so lets see that — As per Oracle definition of IoT is — The Internet of Things (IoT) describes the network of physical objects — “things” — that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet.

In simple words The Internet of Things means taking all the things in the world and connecting them to the internet.

IoT devices are the basis of any Smart Home or Smart Device, these devices connect to Internet and exchange data.

Following are some of the Advantages of Home enabled with Smart Devices

Easy accessibility from any where
Save energy with smart energy consumption
Customize as per your convenience
Peace of Mind with smart monitoring & security
Automation of many repetitive tasks / Pumping Water / Night Lights
Comfort with smart automation rules
Making the home living more entertaining

Some disadvantages

Initial cost of setting up a smart home is still very high
Some, especially elders find it hard to understand and use
All smart devices are not interoperable, so expanding or buying new will be limited to existing eco system
Data privacy and security threats & system vulnerability is a big issue, which needs to be taken care
Lack of uniform standard, for home automation systems
Reliance on Internet connectivity for smart functions has its own disadvantages when connectivity is broken

Question — What all can be automated in a smart home?

These items mentioned below as more can fully function in smart home environment,