HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM USING POWER LINE COMMUNICATION DARLENE BINTI MOHAMAD DOUGLAS A report submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Electronics) Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Universiti Malaysia Pahang NOVEMBER 2008
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG BORANG PENGESAHAN STATUS TESIS JUDUL: Saya HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM USING POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SESI PENGAJIAN: 2008/2009 DARLENE BINTI MOHAMAD DOUGLAS ( 861031-59-5268 ) (HURUF BESAR) mengaku membenarkan tesis (Sarjana Muda/Sarjana /Doktor Falsafah)* ini disimpan di Perpustakaan dengan syarat-syarat kegunaan seperti berikut: 1. Tesis adalah hakmilik Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan & Teknologi Malaysia. 2. Perpustakaan dibenarkan membuat salinan untuk tujuan pengajian sahaja. 3. Perpustakaan dibenarkan membuat salinan tesis ini sebagai bahan pertukaran antara institusi pengajian tinggi. 4. **Sila tandakan ( ) SULIT TERHAD (Mengandungi maklumat yang berdarjah keselamatan atau kepentingan Malaysia seperti yang termaktub di dalam AKTA RAHSIA RASMI 1972) (Mengandungi maklumat TERHAD yang telah ditentukan oleh organisasi/badan di mana penyelidikan dijalankan) TIDAK TERHAD Disahkan oleh: (TANDATANGAN PENULIS) (TANDATANGAN PENYELIA) Alamat Tetap: NO.4, LRG DESA DAHLIA 1/6, ROSMADI BIN ABDULLAH TMN. DESA DAHLIA, SENAWANG, 70450 SEREMBAN, N. SEMBILAN. ( Nama Penyelia ) Tarikh: 17 NOVEMBER 2008 Tarikh: : 17 NOVEMBER 2008 CATATAN: * Potong yang tidak berkenaan. ** Jika tesis ini SULIT atau TERHAD, sila lampirkan surat daripada pihak berkuasa/organisasi berkenaan dengan menyatakan sekali tempoh tesis ini perlu dikelaskan sebagai atau TERHAD. Tesis dimaksudkan sebagai tesis bagi Ijazah doktor Falsafah dan Sarjana secara Penyelidikan, atau disertasi bagi pengajian secara kerja kursus dan penyelidikan, atau Laporan Projek Sarjana Muda (PSM).
I hereby acknowledge that the scope and quality of this thesis is qualified for the award of the Bachelor Degree of Electrical Engineering (Electronics) Signature : Name : ROSMADI BIN ABDULLAH Date : 17 NOVEMBER 2008
ii All the trademark and copyrights use herein are property of their respective owner. References of information from other sources are quoted accordingly; otherwise the information presented in this report is solely work of the author. Signature : Author : DARLENE BINTI MOHAMAD DOUGLAS Date : 17 NOVEMBER 2008
Specially dedicated to my beloved parents, Mohamad Douglas Bin Abdullah and Che Minah Binti Daik who s been with me through all the years, my precious friends and those people who have guided and inspired me throughout my journey of education. iii
iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the name of Allah, invocation and greetings to adoration of Nabi Muhammad (S.A.W.), thanks to God because giving me strength and patience in finishing this Final Year Project (Projek Sarjana Muda). Alhamdulillah. In particular, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to my supervisor, Mr. Rosmadi Bin Abdullah, for encouragement, guidance, critics and friendship. My fellow friends under the same supervisor should also be recognized for their support and ideas. In addition, my sincere appreciation also extends to all my colleagues and others who have provided assistance at various occasions. Their views and tips are useful indeed. I would also like to thank to all UMP s lecturers and electrical technicians whom had helped directly or indirectly. Unfortunately, it is not possible to list all of them in this limited space. I sincerely appreciated all of the efforts and precious time to be spent together in making this final year project educational, enjoyable and memorable. Not to be forgotten, my deepest thanks to my parents for all the support and blessings. The great cooperation and kindheartedness to share worth experiences that have been shown by them will be always appreciated and treasured by me, thank you.