Week 6 - 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)

The assignment of this week is Build and Program a smart circuit using an Arduino UNO one input and one output by using Code Blocks

My idea:

First, I was interested to do something like my final project which it is a laptop cooler. then I decided to make a simple auto fan circuit to test with my self the final project circuit but after a lot of searching I didn't found how to program the temperature sensor with blocks, so I decided to change it by the IR sensor with the same circuit

Tool Chain

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

Software:

Tinkercad

To test my circuit to make sure that it is works without any problem and simulate it

Machine: ..............

Materials:

Cardboard

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?

Firstly: Prepare before design

By searching for more ideas
Sketching a free hand design with pen and paper
Detect the cardboard Parts

2- Electrical Circuit

Create new circuit
Detect the components needed Arduino, PIR sensor, Motor and Breadboard )
Insert the components and start connect
Start making the code blocks
Start simulation and make sure that the circuit works

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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?

After the software files were finished, I start to implement the design

Firstly, Start make the cardboard parts as shown in the sketch

Secondly, Determine the components that I need

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Thirdly, Start connect the components with Arduino as I made in the tinkercad

And then test it

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At the end, Assembly the circuit with the cardboard body then test it

The final Output

Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

I asked Muhammad Tariq, when I wanted to use the temperature sensor, about is was in the Kit or not, And he told me that there are tow sensor in the kit can do the function which they are LM35 and DH11

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?

when I finish the simulation in the tinkercad I went to implement the circuit and upload the code then test it , the fan doesn't work

Then I remembered that the fan is like a motor and must get an external voltage with the output voltage from the Arduino, so I used the motor driver with the 9 volt adaptor

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Final Project

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

I learned how to make the code that will control the process of the final project and the connections of the Arduino

WOW!

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

The coolest thing that I have learned this week is how to use the sensors with the different actions

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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.

Title of Media

Assignment Design Files

Code

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