Demo Abstract: WiSwitch: A Low-Cost WiFi-based Remote Switch Control for Smart Homes

TL;DR

WiSwitch is a low-cost WiFi-enabled prototype that allows remote control of room lighting via cloud connectivity, demonstrating a practical IoT solution for smart homes.

Contribution

The paper introduces WiSwitch, a simple, affordable wireless switch control system using COTS hardware and cloud integration for smart home applications.

Findings

Successful remote control of lights via WiSwitch

Low-cost hardware implementation using ESP 12

Effective cloud connectivity and status updates

Abstract

With the emergence of the IoT, there is an increasing trend towards designing a new low-cost cyber-physical platform accessible through the Internet. In this Demo paper, we present WiSwitch, a homemade prototype of a low-cost wireless switch control allowing the user to control the room light through the cloud. The hardware is based on a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) ESP 12 WiFi module with basic electronic circuitry. We develop an embedded client application in the ESP 12 that allows us to connect it to the Amazon Web Services cloud and update the status of the switch remotely. We also present an experimental validation of the WiSwitch platform.