Construction and Implementation of Raspberry Pi Based Baby Monitoring System
Due to the difficulty faced by new born parents in doing their day to day tasks as well as care for their babies, a lot of parents have to hire a maid to assist them take care of their babies. However, a lot of maids have been confirmed to have some negative influence on these babies as they grow up and some could even expose these babies to so many unforeseen threats that could expose them to danger. In this study, construction and implementation of a baby monitoring system was carried out using a Raspberry Pi and wireless sensor network (WSN) Various devices and sensors such as sound sensor, motion sensor, camera, and temperature and humidity sensor were interconnected and used for monitoring the babies' room. The system was programmed using python 3.6 and Java 8.0 programming language, while Pubnub 4.4 data streaming network was used for real time data streaming and device signalling. Results show that the system publishes data to an external smart phone and receive command from the smart phone successfully over the internet. From the temperature and humidity test on a sunny day with and without a fan as well as on a cloudy day shows that fan is not a suitable cooling system and the humidity of the room was always high. The system can be improved upon by using a more effective alarming system, introducing machine learning and port forwarding.