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)
Searching for the idea
I was impressed by self-parking cars and how cars can detect the distances and turn on their alarm when they get closer to anybody, so I used to make a simple parking sensor using an Ultrasonic sensor and buzzer.
Tool Chain
I just used
1- Arduino UNO to generate signals
2- Buzzer to generate sound
3- Ultrasonic sensor to detect the distance
4- wires and breadboard to connect the circuit
Arduino Uno
Buzzer
Breadboard
Wires
Ultrasonic sensor
Ultrasonic sensor
datasheet
Design/Preparation Process
TINKER CAD
By using Tinker Cad software, design and test the circuit before implement it physically
Sample VS Final prouduct
Buzzer ON
Buzzer OFF
Code blocks By TINKERCAD
Actual circuit
Overcoming Challenges
After I designed the circuit on Tinkercad, I started to connect the actual circuit, then I realized that I have used the 3 pins sensor instead the 4 pins, that lead me to rebuild the circuit and the code again and consume some time
Community of Learning
Find a weirdo like you and never let them go
Me and my colleagues used to make a waving hand using ultra sonic sensor, so we made a well known Video game character which say " some body help me!!" it was very nice and funny experience
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
The way that we dealt with a new component like the ultrasonic sensor for the first time at the session make me feel more confident to search and learn about any unknown component and handle it