IP Based air conditioner universal control unit

Abstract

The aim of the project is to design a system which enables a user to control an air conditioner remotely using an Android based device and/or a PC, over an IP network. This report documents the details of the tasks done that have led towards the completion of the design objectives. It contains details pertaining to the system architecture, and focuses on some of the components that used as part of our hardware design. Detailed designs of the hardware layout have been included. The report also documents progress made in the application development for both the Android Operating System (using Java and XML) and the Windows OS (using Visual Basic). Final layouts for the applications have been included, and the applications’ functionality has been explained in detail. The report also contains testing approaches, along with details of the results that were obtained during each phase.