Published February 18, 2020

Automated bulb control

Google assistance to automate the control of a bulb, where a command to the google assistant will make a web request to the bolt server.

IntermediateFull instructions provided2 hours438

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Bolt IoT Bolt WiFi Module

Relay Module (Generic)

LED Light Bulb, Frosted GLS

Software apps and online services

Bolt IoT Bolt Cloud

Google Assistant SDK

IFTTT SmartThings service

Story

The Items used for building the project were bolt wifi module, Single channel relay, bulb holder and a bulb, bolt cloud, wires.

Started off by connecting the necessary wiring between the bolt wifi module and the relay module, made a small change by connecting to the 3.3v instead of 5v since the potential difference will not reduce when the off is pressed, hence 3.3v is used. The connections are given below

Relay-Bolt wifi

GND-GND

VCC-3.3v

IN-PIN 4

wiring between bolt wifi and relay.

Next step was the wiring between the other end of the relay to the bulb and main.

1. red wire from one end of the relay module goes to the holder

2.next red wire goes to the 2 pin plug.

3. the blackwire is directly connected from the holder to the other plug.

1.Then linked the google assistance and webhooks on ifttt, and attached the necessary api and bolt device ID with the necessary high and low.

2. Another version was done on the bolt cloud products, and added the code (html) to make buttons with on and off.

Video of operating the bulb( URL of the video on google photos.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/n9ubinz6faBf9fxP7

Another version made using google assistance. The video given below is the recording of the operation of the automated bulb using google voice assistance.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/rzXq3c6yE9fT8NES7

Home automation

<!--Change the file extension to html-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
   <head>
      <title>Bolt IoT Led Example</title>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cloud.boltiot.com/static/js/boltCommands.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript">
         // The following line will set the api key and device name. It will be auto-initialized by Bolt cloud.
         setKey('{{ApiKey}}','{{Name}}');
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div class="jumbotron vertical-center">
         <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
               <div class="col-xs-12">
                  <div  class="text-center">
                     <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-xl" onclick="digitalWrite(4, 'LOW');">ON</button>
                     <br> <br> <br>
                     <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger btn-xl" onclick="digitalWrite(4, 'HIGH');">OFF</button>
                  </div>
               </div>
            </div>
         </div>
      </div>
      <style type="text/css">
         .vertical-center {
         min-height: 100%;
         min-height: 100vh;
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
         }
         .btn-xl {
         padding: 10px 20px;
         font-size: 20px;
         width:20%;
         }
      </style>
   </body>
</html>

Automated bulb control

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Code

Home automation

Credits

Nayan Ta

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Automated bulb control

Automated bulb control

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Code

Home automation

Credits

Nayan Ta

Comments

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