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This technology includes application segments in home control: wireless home security, remote
thermostats, remote lighting, drape controller, automated meter reading, personal healthcare and
advanced tagging, call button for elderly and disabled, universal remote controller to TV and radio,
lighting, wireless keyboard, mouse and game pads, wireless smoke, CO detectors, etc.
Figure 35 – ZigBee, WLAN and Ethernet
ZigBee has been widely used for its low‐power consumption feature in real situations.
The following figure is one of the water monitoring system by ZigBee.
Figure 36 – Water Monitoring System by ZigBee
RFID Radio Frequency Identification Technology
RFID Radio Frequency Identification is a technology that is used for identification in everything from
shop tagging to vehicle tracking and many more applications.
RFID technology is a simple method of exchanging data between two entities namely a reader/
writer and a tag. This communication allows information about the tag or the element carrying the
tag to be determined and in this way, it enables processes to be managed more easily.
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