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The sensor system for in-home climate control is designed to help homeowners make optimal use of their windows. As the cost of electricity and natural gas increases, the effective use of windows is important to regulate interior temperature and save users money. We are using hardware and software solutions to build two sensor modules for indoor and outdoor use along with a mobile application. The sensor modules collect weather data, such as temperature and humidity, and use a local wifi network to store that data to a cloud database. Our student designed PCB uses an ESP32 microcontroller and I2C connections to our sensors. The microcontroller and sensors are battery powered with addition power circuitry and USB-C to provide charging capabilities. The modules are IPX4 water resistant and have the dimensions of 3x3x1 inch. The application is built on the android platform with a GUI that clearly displays current window status and weather data from the sensors. In the background, an algorithm will use indoor and outdoor sensor data to determine whether windows should be opened or closed before sending the user a window status push notification. The application also contains additional pages which allow users to pair/unpair devices using bluetooth, set the desired interior temperature, create an account, and visualize sensor data in graphical form.

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