A smart home is a home equipped with lighting, heating, and electronic devices that can be controlled by a computer. Sensors and actuators are a very integral part of smart home. In this session, Dr. Iqbal introduces the participants to a basic smart home kit and teaches about light sensor, noise sensor and moisture sensor. The participants learn to build a sound-activated light and a cooling system using Micro:bit coding and the Smart Home Kit.
Link to the presentation: Summer-2023-SmartHome
Link to makecode: https://makecode.microbit.org/
Link to Smart Home Kit: https://elecfreaks.com/learn-en/microbitKit/smart_home_kit/smart_home_kit.html