Project Title : Automatic Smart Clothesline System

JIVETRA A/P KUMARRAYA, EN. MOHD AFIQ AMIRUDDIN BIN PARNON

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Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka,
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
Jivetra2605@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Nowadays, there are many new inventions that have been developed due to the people demands. This was supported by the
development of new technologies. This is because people nowadays are busy with their household management or have long
working hours that makes they do not have enough time to do all home works such as pick up their clothes at their clothesline.
To handle this problem, an Internet of Thing apply in Automatic smart clothesline is one of the solutions. Automatic smart
clothesline is used to avoid the clothes from moistened with rainwater. Clothesline consists of microcontroller ESP8266, rain
sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, window power motor and power supply. Users can control the system to retrieve in
and out by get smart phone.

1. INTRODUCTION
Clotheslines are most environmentally friendly way to dry our clothes because they reduce greenhouse. It is length
of rope or string from which wet clothes are hung, usually outside, to dry. One of most important factor is that, if
the drying duration is decrease it means the environmental of temperature in increasing state. Then, if the
environmental humidity is low will decrease the drying duration. The sun and the air movement in the surrounding
are the primary sources of energy used to dry the clothing. Electric current clothesline uses dryer method and it
consumes more electricity compare to other clothesline. All present innovation clothesline will retrieve system in
and out by using rain sensor and light sensor but it cannot by user. An automatic smart clothesline is induced to
solve this problem. This system will show the temperature and the humidity of air surrounding the house on which
is connected to the owner's smartphone. Objective of project, to develop an electronic circuit system by using rain
sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, in ESP8266. Then, to study the speed rate of the Wi-Fi module by
sending the message to move in or out of the clothesline at several distance. To verify variable of surrounding
humidity of air and temperature around the house.
2. LITERATURE REVIVE
There are several type of clothesline used and available in market.Country Clotheslines, Fixed head rotary
clotheslines, Versaline disappearing clothesline, Clevacover clothesline and Clever Clothesline all are used to dry
the clothes in natural ways without using any mechanism and power. However, Electric Durable Automatic
Clothes Hanger Ceiling Mounted Remote Clothes Drying Rack used electric to dry clothes. Other than this, Hand
and go : smart laundry hanging system, Automatic cloth retriever system, Intelligent Clothesline System, Design
of Intelligent Hanger Based on Single Chip and Pro-Engineering, An Automatic Cloth Retrieval and Drying,
Automatic retractable clothes drying rack and Automatic Retractable Cloth Drying System all found research
papar. The clothesline all mostly used Arduino as microcontroller, rain sensor and LDR sensor to retrieve in and
out system.
3. METHODOLOGY
Methodology part discuss the project's general block diagram, flow chart and circuit design that was created.
Process flow part is created from starting of project to end. It starts from collecting data till report complete.
Discuss specification and characteristics important part of project which is ESP8266, rain sensor, DHT11 and
motor.
3.1 Block diagram

Fig. 1 Block diagram rain sensor of automatic smart clothesline.

The input of project is rain sensor which detects the presence of rain and water droplets. It sends information to
esp8266 board as the process of system to function.

Fig. 2 Block diagram DHT Humidity of automatic smart clothesline.

DHT humidity sensor detects the surrounding temperature and humidity around the clothesline. It sends the
information to ESP8266 board as a process to analysis. From smart phone, the user can control the system to
retrieve in and out by get knowing surrounding temperatures and humidity.

3.2 Work flow diagram of automatic smart clothesline

Fig. 3 Work flow of diagram of automatic smart clothesline.

The project is divide into two sections which is automation and user control. On automatic system, it will detect
the presence of rain and retrieved in the system. System control by the user can get to know all the data
(temperature and humidity) transmitted through the cloud.
 4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Circuit Diagram

Fig. 4 Circuit Diagram of Automatic Smart Clothesline System.

A schematic diagram is a drawing that using standardised symbols and lines to represent the components of a
process, device, or other object. Schematic diagrams are a very useful troubleshooting tool.

4.2 Construction of physical model

Fig.5 Automatic smart clothesline.

A model of an automatic clothesline was made using carbon steel. It can withstand maximum weight 3-7 kg. Clothesline
attached to playwood at bottom which is fixed with window power motor. When motor is activated it will go forward and
reverse motion. The clothesline system will stop when the motor reach the limit.

4.3 Rain Drop Test

Table 1 : Rain drop test is measure with milliliter and the success or failure rate of activating motor.

Test Millimeter Activation of

microprocessor
(ESP8266)
1 0.5 Success
2 0.4 Success
3 0.2 Success
4 0.1 Failure
5 0.15 Success
Result Minimum 0.15 milliliter to
activate motor
4.4 Maximum load speed test
Table 2 : Automatic Smart clothesline system retrieve in test is measure with unit seconds

Test SPEED (s) (

retrieve in )
1. 20.00
2. 21.89
3. 20.99
4. 20.79
5. 20.80
Result 20.894
 Table 3 : Automatic Smart clothesline system retrieve out test is measure with unit seconds

Test SPEED (s) (

retrieve
out)
1. 20.90
2. 20.89
3. 20.79
4. 20.80
5. 20.90
Result 20.856
4.4 Wifi network speed reaction
Table 4 : Clothesline reaction on network

Test Wifi Clothesline Several Distance

network reaction
speed
1 4G Good Any place or any distance, if wifi connection is available at
2 3G Good smart phone.
3 H+ Slow

4.5 Blynk Application

Fig 6 Temperature and humidity display. Fig. 7 Notification from smart phone.

Blynk application will send the notification to the user about the current temperature and humidity.

5. CONCLUSION
Clothes drying and collecting process has become more challenging but with the advancement of technology, this
will definitely lighten up the task. By helping people to make sure the rain would not able to reach the clothes and
still able to allow sunlight to come in once it is sunny day. Innovated a new automatic smart clothesline to enable
the task to be carried out easily by automated the laundry drying process and also control by user and also with
special selected sensor which is reliable and affordable. All objectives project that had been achieved as stated at
above by colleting data and graph.
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