Design Of A Smart Home Heating Thermostat Control Panel

Background

Question:

Write an essay on An incorporation of the system design.

An incorporation of the system design makes a control panel that gives facilitation to the users for maintaining the temperature of the room through implementation of a sensor. It actually makes a sensing of the current temperature of the room and makes a regulation of the liquid flow that is the hot water for transferring heat (Coleman et al., 2015). Additionally, the options such as electricity, steam, hot water and air is available for the heating method. The design of the user interface makes an inclusion of the mechanism of zonal heating to set the default temperatures in the house’s sections and zones, which are individual. There can be a remote control of the system having a small size (Anvari-Moghaddam, Monsef & Rahimi-Kian, 2015). It makes an inclusion of an LCD screen, which makes a demonstration of information for certain applications such as the temperature which are current. They are been captured by the sensor of the heat along with the mode of operation, time and battery status.

The scope of the project makes an involvement of the description, which is brief of the entire project and the outline that is detailed for the bigger objectives of the project. There will be a facilitation of the cost effective approach for heating the rooms in the areas, which are cool (Fischer et al., 2014). There is a fundamental aim for attracting the customers who have less income and are the reside of the cool and hilly regions.

The report makes a focus on the design of the heating control panel of SMART home for the utilization of maintaining the temperature of the room in the areas, which are relatively cool. Due to this reason, an involvement of the project leads to an approach for the identification of the requirements that are basic for the system that are proposed (Makonin, Bartram & Popowich, 2013). It builds the panel of control through the usage of appropriate software, hardware and supply of power. The project’s goal is making a facilitation for cost effective and efficient means for maintaining temperature of room for the consumers of middle income that live in the areas which are cooler. Its all about the development of the Smart Home Heating Thermostat’s control panel and user interface. The system will have a remote control, which will make allowance for choosing options through the facilitation of various methods to heat rooms.

The objectives of the project have been stated here:

• To make a structure of a control panel of SMART home heating which will be there for automatic maintenance of the temperature of the room (Chen et al., 2015).
• To make an inclusion of the functions of multiple heating such as making a heating through the steam, hot water, electricity and hot air.
• To make the implementation of the system of “Zonal Heating” that actually makes the help for setting the temperature which is specific for the sections which is individual (Giantomassi et al., 2014).
• To make an involvement of the display of LCD that gives the information which are relevant. It includes the current status of the battery, temperature of the room and the details of the operating mode.
• To make an incorporation of the sensor to heat that makes a sense of the room temperature and makes a regulation through hot fluid flow circulation for transferring heat (Oliveira et al., 2015).
• To make an enabling of the proceedings through remote operation for the panel of thermostat control.

The requirements of the business for the project that are been outlined are as follows:

• The system will make an incorporation through an easy manner through the functionalities and features which are comprehensive so that it will have the ability for ensuring the satisfaction of the customer (Hu & Li, 2013).
• The interface of the user will be designed in a manner for incorporating the utilities that are important to meet the customer’s expectations resulting to enhanced customer base.
• The thermostat design makes an incorporation of the sensor of high accuracy temperature through the panel of LCD that have the wired and wireless interface of remote control (Jo, Kim & Joo, 2013).

The requirements of the user has a demonstration mentioned here:

• The interface of the user would have such “look and feel” that it has an easier navigation through a proper way (Geelen et al., 2013).
• There will be an ability for displaying the information which are relevant and important for the process of heating along with its details.
• The control panel’s design will be in such manner that there will be a low consumption of the wall. It will have an automatic sensor and room temperature control for a house’ entire area (Fernandes et al., 2014).
• The interface of the user should have the capability for the facilitation of the efficient means for presetting the individual room’s temperatures.
• The interface should make an allowance of the users for selecting the options to heat such as the hot water, hot air, stream or electricity (Dimitrokali et al., 2015).
• The user should have the ability for operating the systems in a remote manner.
• There will be ease for operating the panel of control and involvement of clear, simple and concise user interface design.

The key points to assume for developing the project is given here:

• A requirement of appropriate license and authorization is there for the requirement of software and hardware.
• The Control Panel of SMART home heating development and design has the involvement of the PC of IBM makes a provision of the efficient techniques to design the model of interface of the user and the code (Hargreaves et al., 2015).
• The heating panel of SMART home has made an implementation of the microprocessor along with the microcontroller where the design of the thermostat makes an inclusion of the sensor of temperature of high accuracy. It has segment of LCD having 3.4 inches along with the clock of real time for the measurement of temperature and the status of battery and timer.
• The platforms available are suitable for making code with a memory, which is adequate with the facilities of RAM storage.
• The design of UI should make an allowance to control the operation of the thermostat that is designed through a manufacturer (Shirazi, Zakariazadeh, & Jadid, 2015). It will therefore not approve the system compatible for the development of the manufacturers, which are different.
• The main target for the systems is for the provision of a procedure, which is very much cost effective for the consumers to have an income that is lesser to stay in cool areas.
• The system will have the options to provide heat to the rooms for not providing any support for the cooling procedure segments (Widen, 2015).
• A continuous supply of electricity for the household will be enough for supporting the system.
• The efficiency and the performance of the thermostat, which is designed is normally measured through certain factors. It includes ease in the usage, easiness level in the options of navigation. It also avails operations for the facilitation of the users for easily and readily heat (Missaoui et al., 2014).
• The interface of the user will be a touch screen of intelligence that can have an easy and smooth operation.
• The design of the system is there to keep mind for the middle-income level consumers who stay at the cool areas (Kumar & Tiwari, 2015).
• There will be an operation of the user in the system through the guidance of the training manual to have a proper understanding of all the functions along with the way to work.
• A reliable and profitable system is there for expectation.

The use cases applied here are given below:

Use Case 1: An access of UI is there through the dashboard by the user

Description	A home section is contained in the dashboard of UI for access of the functions.
Example	There will be a navigation of the users for the varieties of the settings and options in the page of home.
Actors	The user
Stakeholders	Manufacturers, the thermostat’s consumers of SMART home heating
Pre-conditions	Usability is there for the User Interface (Firth et al., 2013).
Post-conditions	The user makes navigation for the dashboard is other sections.
Triggers	The User Interface is there for making the operation of the user.
Event flow	·        There is an open control panel. ·        A switching of the user is there on the interface of user for the startup of the process to heat.
Business rules	A possibility is there for navigating through the dashboard (Baig et al., 2013).

 Use Case 2: Control of room temperature by the user

Description	A control of room temperature is there through thermostat
Example	A usage of the UI for controlling temperature of a room or zone that is specific
Actors	The user
Stakeholders	Thermostat of SMART home heating’s consumers, Manufacturers
Pre-conditions	·        The usability of the User Interface is there ·        The installation of the thermostat is already existing ·        An ability is there for the user for operating the system
Post-conditions	A change and maintenance is there for the room temperature
Triggers	A requirement is there for the user for adjusting the temperature of the room for increasing heat (Sanchez et al., 2014)
Flow of events	·        The panel of control is set to open. ·        A switching on the UI of the user is there for startup of the process for heating. ·        An adjustment of the settings of the temperature is there for the user for making the necessary modification of the temperature (Hosek et al., 2014).
Business rules	A setting of the temperature has been saved where the user can make a usage of facility for quicker control for the utilization of the system of zonal heating

 Use Case 3: The set up of the user and usage of the zoned heating

Description	Utilization is there for the zone of temperature.
Example	The navigation of the user is there from the screen of home for availing the profiles for the facilitation of zonal heating
Actors	The user
Stakeholders	The thermostat SMART home heating consumers
Pre-conditions	·        An installation of thermostat is there ·        A capability of the user is there to operate the UI
Post-conditions	A creation of the zone of temperature will be there for the user by the help of profiles (Dimitriou et al., 2014)
Triggers	The understanding of the consumer has the ease for using profiles of temperature zone
Flow of events	·        The panel of control should be opened ·        A switching of the user is there for the starting the process of heating through the UI (Asare-Bediako, Kling, & Ribeiro, 2013) ·        A navigation of the user is there for creation of the profiles of zone to the options of the zone of temperature that is set. ·        A usage of the profiles to heat the zone is for a creation.
Business rules	A navigation of the user is there for the zones of temperature through the home screen or dashboard.

Objectives of the Project

The process that is been followed to design the current system of thermostat has been stated here.

Design which is user-controlled: The approach of the design of UI actually makes an involvement to focus the user’s needs during the process of design. The process of design makes the involvement of the stages,

Analyzing and understanding the activities of the user: In the first stage, the activities of the user are analyzed and been understood.

Production of the prototypes, which is designed by the paper: Outlining the basic layout’s design is the next step for designing the proposed interface of the user. The design of the paper is the identified base and the requirements of the gathered design, which is important for the users to be targeted (Castello et al., 2013).

Prototype of the design: The prototype of the system has a design, which was based on previous prototype. It was been kept in the consideration of adequacy for the needs of the design in need.

Evaluation of the end user’s design – A cross checking along with verification is done in the case of user groups for the development of the prototype (Asare-Bediako, Kling, & Ribeiro, 2013).

Functionalities, which are interactive – In the process of design, the factors, that are been considered are:

An incorporation of the icons along with concise graphics and menus are there in the interface of the user for proper purpose serving. The control panel’s SMART UI should have the caring of the factors:

1. i) Familiarity of the user: An incorporation of the user interface is there for the terminologies to ensure friendliness of the user (Dimitriou et al., 2014).
2. ii) Recoverability: A design of the system will be there so that it will be recovered from the errors of the specific users.

iii) Guidance of user:  An inclusion of the components will be there in the system, which makes a provision to guide the user. It involves online manuals for the system’s correct operation.

1. iv) Consistency: An involvement of consistency comes in the commands and menus to navigate the options available to represent (Hosek et al., 2014).
2. v) Execution of the prototype: As the design of the prototype gets completed, a final implementation of the user interface in the final level is there of the heating control panel of SMART home thermostat.

7 Screen of Home: A display of the “Home” screen has the ability for showing the status of the battery, current time and temperature.

Profiles of Zone Heating:  The profiles of individuality can have the configuration to set the temperatures for the sections, which are separate.Different method of heating: The options, which are available is the steam, electricity and hot air for the selection to heat the rooms.

Figure 6: Various procedures for heating

(Source: Created by author)

A specific option to be chosen: Selection of the specific option that is available such as the hot water or air for selection of the room heating procedure

The system that is been designed has the evaluation for the testing of its efficiency and effectiveness that is against the performance for the operation that is required. Evaluating the aim has been prepared to test the system, which is for the requirements and objectives of the user:

The main aims to evaluate the system has been stated here:

• To make the measurement of the ease of usage and the accuracy of the functions of the operations in the individual level through the interface of the user (Dimitrokali et al., 2015).
• To make an identification and examination for the impacts through the usage of the final design of the UI.
• To make the measurement and analysis of the advantages which the system makes a provision for the customers who are targeted (Fernandes et al., 2014).
• To make an understanding of the consistency level, the recoverability and familiarity of the user interface should be prepared.

The set for criteria has a successful accomplishment for the projects that are been demonstrated:

• The electricity consumption has a potential to be reduced that actually makes an approach to save the cost for heating the rooms (Geelen et al., 2013).
• The options for heating the room individually has a concise identification and has the easy usage.
• The system of zone heating makes the allowance to the users to heat the house’s individual zones (Jo, Kim & Joo, 2013).
• The entire design of the interface ensure the user to be friendly in sufficient manner and making the solution of operation to be easy.
• The system makes a meeting of the objectives that are predefined, which are the interface of the thermostat’s design (Hu & Li, 2013).
• The process of design has been completed within the frame of time that is been under the budget of estimation for the manufacturers that are under the UI of the control panel of smart home heating.
• The interface will be having the entire functions (Oliveira et al., 2015).
• A release of the end product will be there after carrying the test and removal of various issues detected.

To carry the evaluation, the team of research has made a utilization of techniques and rules to make the prototype.

The user interface of the prototype mobile are been available for the usage of test users that make a gathering of the knowledge for the user’s opinions and feedbacks (Giantomassi et al., 2014). If evaluated, an identification of the problems and issues will be there for design. The process to evaluate the outcomes and results have made changes that are necessary for the design.

Business Requirements for the Project

A typical process makes an inclusion of the survey of questionnaire about questions to be asked to the users about the current UI designs (Chen et al., 2015). The process should be carried more than once for accurate identification of the errors and changing the major areas.

A specification of the manufacturers of the home heating panel have made a focus in the market of electronics for the cool regions to release the interface of the user. In such way, the clients will have the introduction of the UI thermostat in the homes that are checked for the interest in the procedure of assessment (Makonin, Bartram & Popowich, 2013). The group has been chosen for the individual gatherings who are keen for taking interest in the program to be evaluated. Its absolutely worth to mention that the task group will not furnish for making advantage in the kind of real money (Fischer et al., 2014). It can be stated about the member characters that the reactions will be there so that they can be protected well.

The method of experiment are been stated here:

• Usage of the UI actually increases the efficiency of energy in the entire system. The experimentation has the conduction against consumption of energy.
• The time of response for the function in individual level and the operation for the evaluation in numbers of multiple times (Anvari-Moghaddam, Monsef & Rahimi-Kian, 2015).
• The group of test make the evaluation of the system through the navigation of different icons, sections and interface menus.

The procedures and which are taken to analyze and evaluate:

• A process to thoroughly identify for the requirements in the individual level for the consumers who are targeted (Coleman et al., 2015).
• The process to identify is to be followed for the solutions, which are technologically effective for the requirements to be identified. (both for the user and business)
• A detailed analysis regarding feasibility is there for the design process of project.

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