Home Automation Using BCI "Microcontroller Based System"

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the project is to facilitate access to home devices and control it by the fully paralyzed people. The solution is based on recording Electroencephalography brain signals using a modern headset that has 16 electrodes. The headset is meant to work as a computer input device called "Emotiv Epoc". Then use these signals to control the home devices by the microcontroller after sending it to the control panel using the USB receiver. The process will start by training the "Emotiv Epoc" through its control panel which comes with Emotiv to record EEG brain signals caused by nerve impulse from the (Blink, Left wink, Smile, Laugh, excitement, Long term, excitement, Frustration, Engagement, Push, Pull, Lift, Drop , Left, Right etc ...). After that we will use these signals to control home devices using microcontroller. The system succeeded to control some home devices. It turns on the lamp by smiling, and blinking for turning the lamp off. To open the door, the user needs to look right, and look left to close the door, wink right to turn the fan on and wink left to turn off the fan.