THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC THE IoT SYSTEM FOR CLOTHESLINE COVER CONTROLLED BY MICROCONTROLLER

Abstract

This paper presents the design and construction of automatic the IoT system for clothesline cover controlled by microcontroller to dry clothes instead of humans with the change of seasons so unpredictable that humans can't control the weather as needed by using the latest technology at the moment is the Internet of Things. This reduces anxiety when outside and when no one is home for fear that the clothes will get wet with rain as well using the NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller, it can be automated and controlled using a smartphone by using a light detector and a raindrop detector. From the test, it was found that the automatic clothes drying rack was activated when the light detector detected that there was enough light to dry the clothes and the raindrop detector caught it that there is no rain, it will send a signal to the NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller, process it and order the door of the cloth cabinet to open to bring the clothesline out to dry automatically then, the NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller sends a working status notification message to the smartphone that the laundry has been dried. When the light detector detects that there is not enough light and the raindrop detector detects that it is raining, it sends a signal to the NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller, which instructs the clothesline to move the clothes to the storage cabinet. The clothes and the closet lid are automatically closed. The NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller then sends a notification message to the smartphone indicating that the laundry has been collected. The working part of the command system via a smartphone by testing 20 times, the operation of the system commanded via a smartphone by pressing the button to dry clothes every time, the clothesline will dry the clothes and when pressing the button to collect the cloth every time, the clothes rack will store the clothes as needed. It greatly facilitates, comforts and reduces some of the steps in our daily lives.