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The most common thoughts we all have while leaving our home are “Did I turn the gas stove off?,” “Is the water heater on?,” or “Did I lock all the doors and windows?” All these concerns will soon be known as “Pre-2013 Problems” if suhas Jain, Dhananjay Ku

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and occupancy sensor. It houses Texas Instrument­s’ MSP430 microcontr­oller unit as well as the RF CC1101 chipset interfaced over serial peripheral interface (SPI) to the MSP430.

The RF adaptor communicat­es with the OpenWrt module router over a universal asynchrono­us receiver/ transmitte­r (UART). The data received from the RF module is used by the applicatio­n in the OpenWrt router to sHnG D nRWifiFDWi­Rn WR DOO WKH FRnnHFWHG devices.

Door sensor. This sensor uses a TIMSP430 MCU and a CC1101 chipset. It sends messages to the router and to all connected devices in the area.

Motion sensor module. It uses a motion sensor incorporat­ing TI’s CC1101 chipset. The wireless communicat­ion is done over sub-1GHz RF.

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The most distinguis­hing part of this product is that you don’t need a control panel at all. The product makes use of a Wi-Fi access point as the burglar alarm panel. Wireless repeaters are provided to boost the range. Enduser touch points are smartphone­s like iPhone, BlackBerry and Android phones.

“Our product makes use of gadgets already present in the house. Existing

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