Home-Automation-Stack

Frontend and Backend for the Home Automation System developed for the Techkriti ECDC-2021.

Features

• Responsive and Attractive UI
• Instant Communication with Gateway @ Home using MQTT Protocol
• Voice-Enabled Control
• Alarm-Based Control
• Realtime Data on Frontend

Tech Stack:

• Pure HTML CSS JS for Frontend
• Node.JS and Express.JS Backend
• Database maintained in MongoDB
• Hosted in Herokuapp
• MQTT Broker using Mosquitto hosted in Amazon EC2 Instance

How does it work?

• Frontend sends requests to backend for updates in data to show realtime data from MongoDB
• Backend Communicates with Gateway at Home through MQTT Protocol using our MQTT Broker
  • Backend subscribes to topic published from Gateway
  • Gateway subscribes to topic published from Backend
  • Fast and Secure Communication Possible through MQTT
• Gateway handles messages from Backend and controls components accordingly
• Sensor Data sent from Gateway put into MongoDB to be shown in the Frontend
• Voice-Control developed through Annyang and Speech KITT