Of Home Automation and Home Intelligent System

As the world gets more and more advanced, households are also aiming for better technologies. Home automation, also called home computerisation or "domotics," is the application of increased mechanisation of household appliances and fixtures. It permits the use of home electronics that seemed impractical or impossible some years ago.

As opposed to building automation, home automation is applied to residential settings. Yet, it makes use of the same techniques and technologies, such as fully and partially automatic controls of lights, doors and windows. Other common household activities and features being automated include entertainment systems, home gardening, and pet feeding. Nevertheless, the use of domestic robots is a concrete example of home automation.

It is often faster and easier to outfit a residential property with computerised amenities during the construction phase, when the walls, outlets and other areas are still accessible. In the case of a pre-existing house, wireless systems are more preferred because installation does not result in major structural alterations. A wireless system has a central controller and works through radio or infrared signals.

The main elements of a domotics system are controllers, sensors, and actuators. Controllers are digital computers, called programmable logic controller (PLC) used for automation of processes as in the case of control of lighting fixtures. Unlike general-use computers, PLCs are built to accommodate multiple inputs and outputs and to withstand extreme temperatures, vibration and impact. Sensors are devices that measure and convert physical quantity into a signal that can be read and observed. Meanwhile, actuators are mechanical gadgets that move or control a system by taking energy and converting it into motion. Domotics is particularly eminent in highly modern residential communities and neighbourhoods where wealthy and influential individuals reside.