Projeto de automação residencial simplificado: uma proposta para pessoas com necessidades especiais (PNE) de baixa renda

Abstract

Technological equipment always bringing comfort and protection to people, however, everything that is new in the market has high rates of burden, with this the person with less financial conditions has more difficulty in acquiring artifacts with new technologies, and within this group find people with special needs or people with disabilities, who often end up needing help from other people to perform some household activities that for many are simple, such as turning on lights, turning on the shower valve or even opening doors. The objective of this work is to develop a simplified home automation project, which is of low cost to implement and operate, aimed at People with Special Needs (PNE), through a field research carried out on the streets and bus terminals of Fortaleza, people who fit the profile of the disabled were approached, and the difficulties and needs of this group in the use of the household were characterized; with this, an automation needs matrix was identified and an automation system project was developed with arduino interaction, because it is a free code tool and with low values and accessories, it was used in the prototype of 03 projects, and with that a budget of parts that could meet the project was raised, being used with voice command, resulting in this way, some companies specialized in the automation market were also researched, and the prices of the system project were compared with microcontroller and the automation budget of some existing companies in Fortaleza, to prove which investment with arduino is more viable, and that it can serve people with disabilities who have very little income..