Design & Implementation of Smart Online Switching Appliances Using Raspberry Pi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION................................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL....................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION...................................................................................................................................iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT................................................................................................................. iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... v

LIST OF FIGURES.......................................................................................................................... vii

LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................... viii

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................................... ix

CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................................................. 1

1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 General background of the study .............................................................................................. 1

1.2 Problem statement..................................................................................................................... 3

1.3 Objectives of the study.............................................................................................................. 4

1.3.0 Main objective .................................................................................................................... 4

1.3.1 Specific objective................................................................................................................ 4

1.4 Research Questions................................................................................................................... 4

1.5 Significance of the study........................................................................................................... 5

1.6 New features in the system........................................................................................................ 5

1.7 Scope of the study ..................................................................................................................... 5

1.7.0 Geographical scope............................................................................................................. 6

1.7.1 Time scope .......................................................................................................................... 6

1.7.2 Content scope...................................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER TWO................................................................................................................................ 7

LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................... 7

2.0 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 7

2.1 Existing related systems............................................................................................................ 8

2.2 Review IoT development platforms........................................................................................ 11

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2.2.0 Raspberry Pi...................................................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER THREE.......................................................................................................................... 12

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 12

3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 12

3.1 Sampling methods................................................................................................................... 12

3.1.1 Sample size ....................................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Data Collection Methods......................................................................................................... 13

3.3 Focused group discussions...................................................................................................... 13

3.3.1 Interviewing. ..................................................................................................................... 13

3.3.2 Observation....................................................................................................................... 14

3.4 Approaches to the system development.................................................................................. 14

3.5 System development life cycle (SDLC).................................................................................. 14

3.5 The block diagram.................................................................................................................. 16

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................................ 23

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM DESIGN ................................................. 23

4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 23

4.1 System Study........................................................................................................................... 23

4.2 System Analysis...................................................................................................................... 23

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 27

5.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 27

5.2 Limitations .............................................................................................................................. 27

5.3 Conclusions. ............................................................................................................................ 28

5.4 Recommendations. .................................................................................................................. 28

5.5 Opportunity and Lesson Learned. ........................................................................................... 29

REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 30