RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter will discuss about method that has been used to solve the problem for developing a kitchen appliances Switch Controlled. The project will follow the method stage by stage. The method consists of conceptual framework of the study, system design, system requirements and testing procedure to make the development of the project is systematically.
Fig. 3.1 Conceptual Framework of the Study
3.1 Kitchen Appliances
The Kitchen appliances are usually use in the house, and with the use of smart phone that controlled the kitchen appliances that was connected to the existing wiring of the electrical devices in a house to get power supply such as a rice cooker, water heater and blender. This device will get supply from the life and neutral wire from kitchen home supply that are connected to the power module. It will convert 220V alternate current (AC) to 5V direct current (DC).
Fig. 3.2 Main Control
3.2 Main Control The function of main control consists of gizduino together with its basic functional circuit which are located at electric switch, inside electric switch is the relay shown in Figure 3.3, transistor shown in Figure 3.4, and resistor shown in Figure 3.5. In the sense that the appliances connection to the main control board was wired and also the use of relays to control switches. The function of control bit is to determine 0 or 1 binary output and then will trigger the relay to turn on and off and will supply power to the kitchen appliances, and each electric switch has their own port.
3.3 Relay
The relay was used to control the appliances “ON” or “OFF” controlled by Gizduino ATmega324 V3.0 microcontroller. This relay module used 6V to operate and already provided by the microcontroller. It had one pole and fourteen pins. The type of relay chosen is one channel relay because of compatible voltage to operate with microcontroller and low cost as shown in Table 3.1 shows the relay specifications.