Smart Home Automation using ESP8266 and Internet of Things

By means of using the latest technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things, embedded systems etc. this paper proposes a working model for smart home automation. The advancement in field of information technology has led to numerous practical applications which can help the humans to lead a better life where regular chores can be handled via wireless communications instead of practical effort. The proposed model is projected as one of the cheapest ways available to automate a home and transform it into a smart home using ESP8266 microcontroller. The model provides a mechanism to remotely monitor and control the home devices by using a user interface which will be interlinked to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The paper provides a background of the enabling technologies along with the proposed model. The paper concludes by providing the result of implementation and its challenges.