Coding and STEM kits

IoT Smart House Kit

A micro:bit model house with sensors, a fan, a pump and app control, for learning IoT and home automation.

micro:bit
Suggested for primary
Suggested for secondary

The IoT Smart House Kit is a model house powered by micro:bit for learning the Internet of Things. Light, soil, temperature and humidity, raindrop and ultrasonic sensors feed automation projects: a cooling fan, an automatic door, night and sound alarms, a clothes rack that retracts in the rain, and soil-triggered irrigation with a water pump. The house communicates over 2.4G Wi-Fi and can be controlled from an iOS or Android app. Learners build each system by programming the micro:bit. The kit is sold with or without a micro:bit.

Zeta42 is an authorised Hiwonder partner in the Middle East.

Configurations

Choose how it ships.

Model: Without micro:bit · With micro:bit

What it does

Built for.

Temperature and door control
When the temperature passes 30°C and humidity passes 80%, the fan turns on to cool the house. The door opens and closes on the micro:bit's A and B buttons.
Alarms
A night alarm beeps when the light sensor reads dim light and the ultrasonic sensor finds something ahead, and a sound alarm beeps when it is dark and the sound level passes a threshold.
Rain and soil
A raindrop sensor and a light sensor drive a clothes rack that retracts indoors when rain is detected and the sky darkens. A soil module and water pump run a soil humidity detection and automatic irrigation system.
Wireless control
The house communicates over 2.4G Wi-Fi using TCP and can be controlled from the iOS and Android app.
Learn by coding
Each system is built by programming the micro:bit, so learners see how sensor readings become decisions in an IoT system.

Where it is used

Applications.

Teaching IoT and home automation with micro:bit
Sensor and threshold logic with temperature, humidity, light, rain and soil readings
Environmental and smart home projects
Introducing wireless control over Wi-Fi

Videos

See it run.

Specifications

The full sheet.

Main control system: micro:bit control board
Communication: WiFi, 2.4G, TCP communication
Software: iOS / Android mobile app
Control method: Mobile app control
Sensors and modules: Light sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, raindrop module, soil module, glowy ultrasonic sensor, RGB module, fan module, water pump module
Servo model: LFD-01 anti-blocking servo
Working voltage: 7.4-8.5V
Battery voltage: 7.4V
Maximum output current: ≤5A
Maximum power consumption: 42.5W
Power supply: Two 3.7V 18650 batteries (1800mAh)
Weight: 1.11kg