Design and implementation of arduino based control system for power management of household utilities

Electricity is an important part of homes and industries. The power demand in our country is increasing rapidly, so the management and efficient utilisation of power are imperative. The efforts were made to provide reliable power supply facility to society as well as industry. In the present scenario, the major portion of domestic power is provided by the conventional power resources but renewable energy resources are taking over the conventional energy resources. The utilisation of solar cell based energy resources are increasing exponentially, so the convectional power sources and solar energy resources are used in hybrid mode especially for running the household utilities. The solar system is preferred over the conventional source due to its economical and environmentally friendly nature. The convectional sources are preferred over the solar energy sources when the solar cell-based system is not able to give sufficient power. This paper will analyse the impact of the solar as well as conventional power management using Arduino based control system for household utilities. The Arduino based hardware is designed to use solar power optimally. The voltage sensor will measure the battery voltage and display it on LCD. Then the battery voltage is logically used by Arduino based control unit to run the household utilities.