CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

RESEARCH PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

ACADEMIC YEAR 5.1 -5.2 AUG 2022 - JULY 2023

TITLE:

SMART HOME ELECTRICITY CONTROL SYSTEM

BY

GUMBO MOSES C18133747H 0771206236

SUPERVISOR: ENG DERA

TO: Engineer Dera

FROM: Moses Gumbo C18133747H

DATE: Saturday, April 22, 2023

TOPIC: Research Project Progress Report

What I have done and covered and planned to do in the future concerning my research project can be

summarised and presented in the table below . At the mean time no objective has been fulfilled . All my

objectives shall be fully fulfilled in the month of May 2023.

DATE WORK DONE OR WORK TO BE DONE

AUGUST 2022 Choosing a Topic

SEPTEMBER 2022 Writing a Proposal.

OCTOBER 2022
My topic was granted :SMART HOME ELECTRICITY CONTROL
SYSTEM and I started the research.
NOVEMBER 2022 Reading Pahl and Beirtz Methodology Textbook

DECEMBER 2022 Reading Pahl and Beirtz Methodology Textbook

JANUARY 2023 Task Clarification in part

FEBRUARY 2023 Task Clarification and Literature Review

MARCH 2023 Conceptual Design

APRIL 2023 Conceptual Design and Rectifying the project

MAY 2023 01 May 2023 to I shall be fulfilling 1st Objective that is to complete the design of the
Smart Home Electricity Control System ,the electrical circuit design
16 May 2023
and the simulation.

17 May 2023 to I shall be fulfilling 2nd Objective that is to design an application to

use for the Home Automation System. The application as an android
31 May 2023
application to communicate with the system designed.
And also Completing the Conceptual Design and final touches on the
Project.