Week 7 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)

This week's assignment idea was to build and Program a smart circuit using an Arduino UNO which reads a signal from multiple input components (Sensor, Switch, or variable resistor) to control multiple action components (Motor, Buzzer, LED...etc) using Code Blocks

inspiration:

I chose to use the ultrasonic sensor as I wanted to know more about how I can make actions with it.

So, I searched google and Arduino projects for a cool project and decided on the one in the video here:
Leds + Ultrasonic + Arduino
as it was easy to program and all the components needed are in the kit.

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?

For Circuit Simulation with code

used for writing the code

Breadboard For Wiring the connections

220 Ohm resistors for the buzzer and LEDs

6 LEDS

Buzzer

Slide Switch

An Ultrasonic Sensor

Arduino Uno Board

Male to Female jumper wires

Male to Male wires

Card Board for enclosure

Design/Preparation Process

Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?

Circuit on tinker cad

I choose the components and then created the circuit on the Tinker CAD website, to be able to test and simulate the operation before implementing it with real components, in order to avoid burning anything and avoiding errors.

After that, I wrote the code on Tinker Cad and copied it to Arduino IDE and verified that there are no errors.

Thus, the code is ready to be uploaded to Arduino.
Tinker Cad Link:
Circuit Simulation

In the code above, I first define the sound tones that will be issued from the buzzer, this is done through ready-made codes for these tones from the Arduino website.

Development/Implementation Process

Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

I prepared and assembled the components, then connected them on the Breadboard and connected them on the Arduino And a computer to upload the code.

-After building the circuit completely, I connected the Arduino to the computer and uploaded the code to test the operation of the circuit correctly before making the enlocure.

Before I started making an enclosure using the cardboard, I first removed the components, unplugged the connection directly on the breadboard, and extended the components’ wires using male to female wires so that I could install them on the cardboard easily and be flexible in moving with me and installing them

-Then I worked on the enclosure part using cardboard.

The enclosure of the circuit.

VID_20220916_110544.mp4

VID_20220916_113846.mp4

Overcoming Challenges

What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)

The first challenge I faced was when I created the circuit and uploaded the code.

As the circuit didn't work and the sensor wasn't reading anything and also the buzzer didn't work.

I thought the problem was in the breadboard or in the components, so I tried to see what was this about, then I found that I wrongly connected the Arduino ground and +ve pins an the ground as I was connecting them with +5v and +3.5v wrongly, so I corrected this and connected the +ve of the breadboard to the +5v in Arduino and the -ve of the breadboard to the ground in Arduino.

I also had a problem adjusting the distances, based on which the specified LED is turned on and the tone specified in the buzzer is working, and when I searched the projects implemented using the ultrasonic sensor and read its code, I knew the limits of the distances it senses.
Link: Ultrasonic sensor

I also connected the resistors to the cathode instead of the anode which would have made some LEDs get burnt but I realized that this was wrong so, I reconnected it in the right way.

Final Project

How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?

Title of Media

WOW!

What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?