Gesture controlled home automation

Project Maker: saswataphysics3

Using Arduino Uno/Nano and MPU6050 module you cane easily make gesture controlled home automation.

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3 ×1

Arduino UNO & Genuino UNO × 1

DFRobot 6 DOF Sensor - MPU6050 ×1

ControlEverything.com 4-CHANNEL RELAY CONTROLLER FOR I2C × 1

Breadboard (generic) ×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

10 Pc. Jumper Wire Kit, 5 cm Long

Story

Necessary hard ware components:

1. ArduinoUNO/NANO

2.MPU6050

3.Relay module

4.Breadboard

5.Jumper wires

connections are shown in the image.

necessary library:

you can download from here

https://github.com/jrowberg/i2cdevlib to download I2Cdev library

https://github.com/ElectronicCats/mpu6050 to download mpu6050 library

software components

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software to download Arduino library

Custom parts and enclosures

Arduino Code

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Schematics

Gesture controlled Home Automation

Controll your home appliance using gesture

Code

Gesture controlled Home Automation C/C++

Home automation

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#define SIMPLE_IMPLEMENTATION false

const int frontLed = 3;
const int bottomLed = 5;
const int rightLed = 6;
const int leftLed = 9;
long int lastPrintTime;

typedef struct 
{
    byte pin;
    byte positionInsideGroup;    
    char thePosition; // Left, Right, Up, Down
    byte minAngle;
    byte maxAngle;    
} ledConfig;

typedef struct 
{
    byte maximumAcceptedMovement = 4;
    unsigned int millisToConsiderStill = 3000;
    byte firstActualAngle = 0;
    unsigned long firstActualAngleMillis = 0;
} axysStillness;
axysStillness xAxys;

ledConfig leds[] = {
    {3, 1, 'u', 31, 45},  
    {12, 2, 'u', 16, 30},
    {11, 3, 'u', 5, 15},  
    {5, 1, 'd', 5, 15},  
    {6, 2, 'd', 16, 30},
    {7, 3, 'd', 31, 45},  
    {8 , 1, 'r', 5, 23},  
    {9, 2, 'r', 24, 45},
    {10, 1, 'l', 5, 23},  
    {4, 2, 'l', 24, 45},
};

#include "I2Cdev.h"
#include "MPU6050_6Axis_MotionApps20.h"
#if I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE
    #include "Wire.h"
#endif

MPU6050 mpu;

bool dmpReady = false;  // set true if DMP init was successful
uint8_t mpuIntStatus;   // holds actual interrupt status byte from MPU
uint8_t devStatus;      // return status after each device operation (0 = success, !0 = error)
uint16_t packetSize;    // expected DMP packet size (default is 42 bytes)
uint16_t fifoCount;     // count of all bytes currently in FIFO
uint8_t fifoBuffer[64]; // FIFO storage buffer

// orientation/motion vars
Quaternion q;           // [w, x, y, z]         quaternion container
VectorInt16 aa;         // [x, y, z]            accel sensor measurements
VectorInt16 aaReal;     // [x, y, z]            gravity-free accel sensor measurements
VectorInt16 aaWorld;    // [x, y, z]            world-frame accel sensor measurements
VectorFloat gravity;    // [x, y, z]            gravity vector
float euler[3];         // [psi, theta, phi]    Euler angle container
float ypr[3];           // [yaw, pitch, roll]   yaw/pitch/roll container and gravity vector
volatile bool mpuInterrupt = false;     // indicates whether MPU interrupt pin has gone high

void setup() 
{
    #if I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE
        Wire.begin();
        TWBR = 24; // 400kHz I2C clock (200kHz if CPU is 8MHz)
    #elif I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_BUILTIN_FASTWIRE
        Fastwire::setup(400, true);
    #endif

    Serial.begin(9600);
    while (!Serial); // wait for Leonardo enumeration, others continue immediately
    Serial.println(F("Initializing I2C devices..."));
    mpu.initialize();
    Serial.println(F("Testing device connections..."));
    Serial.println(mpu.testConnection() ? F("MPU6050 connection successful") : F("MPU6050 connection failed"));
    Serial.println(F("Initializing DMP..."));
    devStatus = mpu.dmpInitialize();
    mpu.setXGyroOffset(220);
    mpu.setYGyroOffset(76);
    mpu.setZGyroOffset(-85);
    mpu.setZAccelOffset(1788); // 1688 factory default for my test chip
    if (devStatus == 0) {
        // turn on the DMP, now that it's ready
        Serial.println(F("Enabling DMP..."));
        mpu.setDMPEnabled(true);
        Serial.println(F("Enabling interrupt detection (Arduino external interrupt 0)..."));
        attachInterrupt(0, dmpDataReady, RISING);
        mpuIntStatus = mpu.getIntStatus();
        Serial.println(F("DMP ready! Waiting for first interrupt..."));
        dmpReady = true;
        packetSize = mpu.dmpGetFIFOPacketSize();
    } else {
        Serial.print(F("DMP Initialization failed (code "));
        Serial.print(devStatus);
        Serial.println(F(")"));
    }
    if (SIMPLE_IMPLEMENTATION) { 
        initializeLEDsSimple();
    } else {
        initializeLEDsMultiple();
    }
    lastPrintTime = millis();    
}

void updateStillness(byte angle, bool forceReset) 
{
    if (abs(xAxys.firstActualAngle - angle) > xAxys.maximumAcceptedMovement || forceReset) {
        xAxys.firstActualAngle = angle;
        xAxys.firstActualAngleMillis = millis();  
    }
}

bool isAxysStill(byte angle)
{
    return millis() - xAxys.firstActualAngleMillis >= xAxys.millisToConsiderStill;
}

void loop() 
{
    if (!dmpReady) return;
    mpuInterrupt = false;
    mpuIntStatus = mpu.getIntStatus();
    fifoCount = mpu.getFIFOCount();
    if ((mpuIntStatus & 0x10) || fifoCount == 1024) {
        mpu.resetFIFO();
        Serial.println(F("FIFO overflow!"));
    } else if (mpuIntStatus & 0x02) {
        while (fifoCount < packetSize) {
          fifoCount = mpu.getFIFOCount();
        }
        mpu.getFIFOBytes(fifoBuffer, packetSize);        
        fifoCount -= packetSize;
        mpu.dmpGetQuaternion(&q, fifoBuffer);
        mpu.dmpGetGravity(&gravity, &q);
        mpu.dmpGetYawPitchRoll(ypr, &q, &gravity);
        int x = ypr[0] * 180/M_PI;
        int y = ypr[1] * 180/M_PI;
        int z = ypr[2] * 180/M_PI;
        //Serial.print(y);Serial.print("\t");Serial.println(z);  
        updateStillness(x, false);
        if (isAxysStill(x)) {
            Serial.println("axys still at");
            Serial.println(x);
            updateStillness(x, true);
        }
        if (SIMPLE_IMPLEMENTATION) {        
            flashLEDsSimple(x, y, z);
        } else {
            flashLEDsMultiple(x, y, z);
        }
    }
}

void initializeLEDsSimple() 
{
    pinMode(frontLed, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(bottomLed, OUTPUT);    
    pinMode(rightLed, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(leftLed, OUTPUT); 
}

void initializeLEDsMultiple() 
{ 
    for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
        Serial.println(leds[i].pin);
        pinMode(leds[i].pin, OUTPUT);
    }
    delay(3000);
}

void flashLEDsSimple(int x, int y, int z)
{
    if (y > 0) {
        analogWrite(rightLed, y*4);
        analogWrite(leftLed, 0);           
    } else {
        analogWrite(leftLed, y*4*-1);      
        analogWrite(rightLed, 0);      
    }
    if (z > 0) {
        analogWrite(bottomLed, z*4);
        analogWrite(frontLed, 0);          
    } else {
        analogWrite(frontLed, z*4*-1);      
        analogWrite(bottomLed, 0);      
    }     
}

void flashLEDsMultiple(int x, int y, int z)
{
    for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
        //Serial.print(z);Serial.print(",");Serial.print(leds[i].thePosition);Serial.print(",");Serial.println(leds[i].minAngle);
        bool modified = false;
        if (z < 0 && leds[i].thePosition == 'u' && abs(z) > leds[i].minAngle) {
            digitalWrite(leds[i].pin, HIGH);
            modified = true;
        }
        if (z > 0 && leds[i].thePosition == 'd' && abs(z) > leds[i].minAngle) {
            digitalWrite(leds[i].pin, HIGH);
            modified = true;
        }
        if (y < 0 && leds[i].thePosition == 'l' && abs(y) > leds[i].minAngle) {
            digitalWrite(leds[i].pin, HIGH);
            modified = true;
        }
        if (y > 0 && leds[i].thePosition == 'r' && abs(y) > leds[i].minAngle) {
            digitalWrite(leds[i].pin, HIGH);
            modified = true;
        } 
        if (!modified) {
            digitalWrite(leds[i].pin, LOW);
        }
    }
}

void dmpDataReady() 
{
    mpuInterrupt = true;
}