Abstract: In order to improve the communicating quality and the stability of the system of smart home, by using handheld devices as its clients, we propose a design for application programming on the base of the Android operating system, sets up a overall framework of monitoring system, designs the user interface for the intelligent terminal, acquires the relevant parameters in the environment through the ZigBee wireless communication technology and sensor technology, and then sends the information to the user by the ARM Cortex-A8 processor. Experiments show that the data communicating between smart home devices is stable and reliable, and the designed system, which has rich functions, is convenient to operate and easy to maintain and update, so it has certain potential for market development.

Key words: embedded server, network communication, SQLite database, ZigBee communication technology, Android operating system, monitoring terminal