Plug and Play Home Energy Generation with Secure IoT control

The goal of the project is to create an Internet-enabled communications interface with appropriate and sufficient cybersecurity protection to enable a plug-and-play photovoltaic generating system to be installed in an ordinary residence. Larger sizes are planned and building one of them can be part of the project if the team so desires. The project centers on building a secure control and communications interface that works through the Internet of Things(IoT). This unit should be able to report its status, providing data on such things as environmental conditions within and without the building that it supplies, status of energy storage, appropriate voltage and current conditions on solar panels and within the unit, etc. The unit should be subject to control remotely through the internet, receiving and implementing commands to modify energy production and storage. Necessary cyber security is and important feature to this product. Our goal is to create such a unit that can be fitted to an existing 1kW plug-and-play unit that lacks communications and cybersecurity. We will establish, verify, and demonstrate secure IoT communication and control.

=Problem Definition= We will design a system that gives a customer access and control over their home solar energy generation and power. The user will be able to view the status of their system including the status of the current power being generated, the light conditions outside, and the temperature. They will be able to control the system in various ways, such as scheduling operating hours for generation and power use and directly controlling the system such as powering it on and off. Our design will include a secure API to encourage web development and integration with the Internet of Things.

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Plug and play photovoltaic generating systems already exist in elementary forms and small sizes, for example 1kW size can be bought at a big box store. The project centers on building a secure control and communications interface that works through the Internet of Things(IoT). The unit should be subject to control remotely through the internet, receiving and implementing commands to modify energy production and storage.

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We will design a system that gives a customer access and control over their home solar energy generation and power. The user will be able to see things such as the current power being generated, the light conditions outside, and the temperature. They will be able to control things such as ...

We will approach this with three goals in mind. Secure remote control Control system Sensors

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