Iron Prototype for Domestic Safety with Green Technology

Electrical fault is one of the causes of fires, and its potential hazard is increasing as more electrical appliances were found in each household unit nowadays. This is due to the number of fire cases arising from electrical appliances (i.e., iron), whereby the existing iron system unable to automatically turn off when idles for more than 30 second and missing green technology characteristics. Thus, the purpose of this project is to develop a smart iron prototype with security features and energy saving properties. The main objective of this project is to develop intelligent smart iron prototype using vibration and temperature sensor to get input for an automatic control. The Design Thinking Model was used to guide the development process through five phases namely; Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test. The system was developed using Arduino Uno R3 microcontroller. The product testing indicated that the smart iron prototype has automatically supply cut off after 30 second without vibration and when the temperature exceeded 79 ° C to save energy. Therefore, application of this potential product could prevent major accident caused by iron and simultaneously save more energy when the iron left unattended, especially for the targeted users.