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Ideation
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)
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)
My assignment's idea for this week is a somehow close to my final project. It is basically a smart interactive lamp, but with an alarming sound to it.
I wanted to add another output, besides the led to try and since the assignment requires that anyway., so I added the Piezo buzzer.
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
1-Software :
TinkerCad
Arduino Coding
2-Tools& materials:
Arduino UNO
Microwave Sensor
LED
220 ohm Resistor
Potentiometer
Buzzer
breadboard
Female Jumpers
USB Cable
Cardboard
Design/Preparation Process
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?
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?
First, I planned my circuit on tinkercad:
First, I picked the components, and I used the PIR Sensor instead of the Microwave sensor as it doesn't exist on the tinkercad.
I connected the led to the resistor.
I connected the led's end to digital pin 10 and the resister to the ground.
I connected the PIR Sensor to (Digital Pin 2 - Voltage - Ground).
I added the buzzer to digital pin 7.
I connected the potentiometer to analog pin A0.
2 . Then, I worked on my code on arduino :
I defined my components and their pins using the int function.
In my ( Void Setup) section: I defined the (led & buzzer) as my 2 OUTPUTS, and the (pot & microwave sensor) as my 2 INPUTS. Also, I initiated the serial function.
In my (Void Loop) section: I defined the potentiometer value to be read from the pin A0, then I defined the brightness as the potentiometer value / 4. ( This is to introduce the usage of the potentiometer as the led's intensity control.
Then, I defined the microwave sensor to be read from pin 2, and I serial printed it.
I then added an If condition, stating that if it's indeed high (meaning, if the sensor is sensing someone moving around), Pin 7 (LED) would be set to the brightness value ( controlling it through the potentiometer) , and the alarm will go off.
If Digital Pin 8 doesn't read high, neither the led nor the buzzer will be switched on.
Finally, I tested the functionality of it by simulating the circuit as shown in the video.
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Development/Implementation Process
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?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
3. I tested my connection on the arduino:
First, I connected the female jumpers to the breadboard following exactly what I did on tinkercad.
I connected the USB to the arduino, and I uploaded the code to it.
I hovered around the microwave sensor and it did sense my movement and the led and the buzzer got turned on.
I was able to adjust the led's intensity through the potentiometer.
20220907_233859.mp44. I did the enclosure of the circuit:
I did a very simple design, what really mattered was that the sensor was accessible.
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Overcoming Challenges
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)
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)
1- I had a problem writing the code, like the structure of it and everything. Ibrahim advised me to break it down to a couple of small actions and building it up slowly. So first, I did the potentiometer controlling the intensity of the led, then I went ahead and wrote that of the sensor-(led, buzzer) if statement. Finally, I merged them together.
2- We had a problem in our group activity in the lab regarding our code, and it didn't work. Ahmed debugged the code and it turned out that we wrote the sensor-reading function incorrectly. Instead of reading the pin, we literally stated to read the sensor, without giving a variable for the sensor read value input. So:
digitalRead (sensor) X
digitalRead (8) O
Final Project
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
I was really afraid of week 7 as it included the actual coding part using text and not blocks, but now I am more confident of this part in my final project.
WOW!
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
Coding !!
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.
Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.
Building a simple smart home system consisting of a fan, lamp, humidity and temperature sensor using the relay module.
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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