Editing Home automation (section)

== Implementations ==
[[File:Cat feeder.jpg|thumb|Internet enabled cat feeder]]In 2011, [[Microsoft Research]] found that home automation could involve a high cost of ownership, inflexibility of interconnected devices, and poor manageability.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Brush|first1=A. J.|last2=Lee|first2=Bongshin|author2-link=Bongshin Lee|last3=Mahajan|first3=Ratul|last4=Agarwal|first4=Sharad|last5=Saroiu|first5=Stefan|last6=Dixon|first6=Colin|date=2011-05-01|title=Home Automation in the Wild: Challenges and Opportunities|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/home-automation-in-the-wild-challenges-and-opportunities/|journal=Microsoft Research}}</ref> When designing and creating a home automation system, engineers take into account several factors including scalability, how well the devices can be monitored and controlled, ease of installation and use for the consumer, affordability, speed, security, and ability to diagnose issues.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sriskanthan|first1=N.|last2=Tan|first2=F.|last3=Karande|first3=A.|date=August 2002|title=Bluetooth based home automation system|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S014193310200039X|journal=Microprocessors and Microsystems|language=en|volume=26|issue=6|pages=281–289|doi=10.1016/S0141-9331(02)00039-X}}</ref> Findings from iControl showed that consumers prioritize ease-of-use over technical innovation, and although consumers recognize that new connected devices have an unparalleled cool factor, they are not quite ready to use them in their own homes yet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 State of the Smart Home Report|url=https://www.ajperri.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b0168809-7f07-40be-9a9c-aac85cca76d2-150716032045-lva1-app6891.pdf|access-date=5 November 2020|website=iControl Networks|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629133808/https://www.ajperri.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b0168809-7f07-40be-9a9c-aac85cca76d2-150716032045-lva1-app6891.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Historically, systems have been sold as complete systems where the consumer relies on one vendor for the entire system including the hardware, the communications protocol, the central hub, and the user interface. However, there are now [[open hardware]] and [[Open-source model|open source software]] systems which can be used instead of or with proprietary hardware.<ref name=":0" /> Many of these systems interface with consumer electronics such as the Arduino or Raspberry Pi, which are easily accessible online and in most electronics stores.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Rout|first1=Kshirod Kumar|last2=Mallick|first2=Samuchita|last3=Mishra|first3=Sivkuinar|title=2018 International Conference on Recent Innovations in Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ICRIEECE) |chapter=Design and Implementation of an Internet of Things based Prototype for Smart Home Automation System |date=July 2018|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9008410|location=Bhubaneswar, India|publisher=IEEE|pages=67–72|doi=10.1109/ICRIEECE44171.2018.9008410|isbn=978-1-5386-5995-3|s2cid=211688876 }}</ref> In addition, home automation devices are increasingly interfaced with mobile phones through Bluetooth, allowing for increased affordability and customizability for the user.<ref name=":1" />