智慧居家是利用通訊技術及自動化控制將居家生活中的各種子系統連接在一起,形成家庭區域網路。不僅實現家庭內部的設備整合,更能透過家庭伺服器與外部網路進行訊息交換,達到電能管理及遠端監控的目的。家用電器設計已邁入數位化及智慧化開發的趨勢。因此若能再結合電子、通訊等技術,將家中電器產品連接整合起來,就能形成家庭區域網路。 本研究旨在使用既有的家庭電力線網絡作為現成的傳輸媒介,不需要另外佈線便可架設家庭區域網路。本研究以改善傳統電表之不足處作為目標,並以居家型智慧電網為藍圖,設計一個具有量測和通訊功能的智慧型插座。同時,透過使用美國微軟公司開發的Microsoft Visual C#開發伺服器介面。家庭電器的資訊將藉由智慧型插座內部的現場可程式邏輯閘陣列建構的系統運算出用電資訊,再經由電力線通訊發送至家用伺服器。在這項研究中,用電資訊都可藉由電力線通訊所建構的家庭區域網路做即時的傳遞。用戶端可以達到由遠程電腦透過電力線網路實現家庭電力監控的目的。
Smart home is the use of communication technology and automation control system to connect various subsystems to form a home area network (HAN). Not only integration appliances can be achieved the integration within the family, home server can also carry out the message exchange with external network to meet the demands of the power management and remote monitoring. It is found that digitalization and smart functions are the future trend of household appliances design. Thus household appliances will be integrated together to form a home area network via combining electronics, communications and other technologies. The purpose of this study is to use the existing home power line network as a ready-made transmission medium to set up a home area network without the need for additional wiring. The goal of this study is to improve the traditional shortcoming of the electric meter, and to design a smart outlet for household by taking the intelligent home network as the blueprint. The study will develop a smart outlet with measurement and communication capabilities. By using Microsoft Visual C #, a home server interface will be developed. The electricity information of the appliance will be calculated by a field programmable logic array (FPGA) system inside the smart outlet and then sent to the home server via power line communication. In this study, electricity information can be delivered in real-time via the home area network constructed by the power line communication. The client will be able to achieve the purpose of home power monitoring by a remote computer through the power line network.