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 was to design and program a smart device that performs a certain function or solves a problem, using the program Arduino to read signals from multiple input components to control multiple action components, using Arduino C (Text Code).

My idea for this week was to upgrade week 6 as it was about rotating the joint when the LDR sensor senses the light which is related to my final project

The upgrade is to make the servo revolve which will revolve the louvers according to the LDR & temp sensor and also a manual mode to rotate the servo

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I got inspired by the kinetic facade simulation during sunlight

TOOL CHAIN

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

Software

Arduino IDE is used for downloading the code to Arduino UNO

TOOLS

Arduino Uno
LDR sensor
Temp. sensor
1 Slide switch (Represents the Automation Switch)
1 ON/OFF Switch (servo Switch)
servo

breadboard
jumper male-male & female male

Material for the smart device

white foam for the box
cutter to make openings for the switches
blue sticky note to indicate the movement of servo

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?

Diagram

I start drawing a diagram to know the sequence of the code

so the first thing was a switch to control the automatic & manual modes then according to the reading if the automatic mode is on

determine the sensor's reads
and rotate the servo according to this read
and turn on the lamp

if the manual mode is on

neglect all the reads
rotate servo

Wiring on tinker cad

wiring description

Parts ( LDR sensor , servo , temp sensor, slide switch , push button and lamp )

for the LDR & temp. senor connecting the GND with the -ve on a breadboard, the VN with the +ve in the breadboard, and the third pin in Arduino.

for the push button connecting one terminal with the +ve of the breadboard and the other with a pin in Arduino

for the slide switch connecting one terminal with the +ve, -ve of the breadboard and the other with pin in Arduino

for servo connecting the pin in Arduino and the other 2 in the breadboard

for lamp connecting the pin in Arduino and the other in the breadboard

Coding Arduino IDE

First,

Download the DHT11 library for temp. sensor and include it
searching for The code of servo motor

Second,

define the servo (#include <Servo.h>) and DHT (#include <DFRobot_DHT11.h>) and lamp their Arduino pins
define the pins for { LDR, 1 Slide switch (Represents the Automation Switch),1 ON/OFF Switch (servo Switch)}

Third,

choose the pin mode ( input, output, pullup)

Fourth,

the sequence of the code as I showed in the diagram
I used IF condition for the modes first then for the LDR& temp. sensor for rotating the servo and turn on the lamp

Fifth,

The Manual mode

I used IF condition to check the servo switch and rotate the servo

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?

FINALLY

I started to download the code on Arduino

Wiring

for the LDR & temp. senor connecting the GND with the -ve on a breadboard, the VN with the +ve in the breadboard, and the third pin in Arduino.
for the push button connecting one terminal with the +ve of the breadboard and the other with a pin in Arduino
for the slide switch connecting one terminal with the +ve, -ve of the breadboard and the other with pin in Arduino
for servo connecting the pin in Arduino and the other 2 in the breadboard
for lamp connecting the pin in Arduino and the other in the breadboard
connect all components with each other and check their functionality

first i tried the servo alone to test it functionality with the modes because it is the main part in my final project

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smart device

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I replaced the 1 Slide switch (Which represents the Automation Switch), and 1 ON/OFF Switch (servo Switch) in the breadboard with external switches using crocodiles to do its function in the box, and the lamp is inside

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)

I couldn't include the DHT library to Arduino IDE, the problem was the window read it as a virus

The solution is to turn off windows security

Final Project

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

The assignment project was the main part of my final project so I did learn a lot.

The manual mechanism of my final project

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How the mechanism manually works using electronics and responding to sunlight

WOW!

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

Smart Home System.mp4

In the offline session, we make a simple smart home in which we can control a fan and a lamb in manual or automatic mode. I Learned how to control motors by an H-bridge module and a relay module

It was helpful as my teammates Ahmed Atef and Ahmed Reda explain the code sequence and how the components will work together in an easy way