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)

Smart Coster

Assignment for this week is to Build and Program a smart circuit using an Arduino UNO which reads a signal from an input component (Sensor, Switch, or variable resistor) to control an action component (Motor, Buzzer, LED...etc) using Code Blocks

Simply, I like to drink hot beverages, at a cool temperature

So I always left the hot drink to cool down, but I forgot about it, and it became snow, so I thought of a product that I set at a suitable temperature, and when the drink reaches the temperature, it gives me a sound and lights up

Tool Chain

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

Software

Arduino ID

to Write the code

Tinkercad portal

to build and simulate the circuit online

Components

Design circuits on tinkercad using this component :

1- Breadboard

2- Arduino Uno

3-Temperature Sensor (LM35)

4- led

5- one resistors

5- Buzzer

6- ON/OFF switch

7-jumber Wires

breadboard

Arduino uno

Resistor 220 ohm

jumber Wires

Temperature Sensor

Red Led

buzzer

crocodile wires

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?

First Step

I begin with open the tinkercad and drag and drop the component in the working area then built the circuit as shown in the image below.

I used the Tinker cad to simulate the circuit and building the coding of the Arduino Uno with the blocks code method.
First, i choose the Ardunio Uno, mini breadboard, LED, and resistor of 220 ohm.
i placed the LED in the breadboard On the upper center side.
i placed the Temperature Sensor in the breadboard On the upper left side.
connect the negative leg of LED with a resistor on the breadboard.
connect the Positive leg of LED with a Wires on the Arduino (pin 9).
connect the Left leg of Temperature Sensor with a Wires on the Arduino (5V).
connect the Center leg of Temperature Sensor with a Wires on the Arduino (A0).
connect the right leg of Temperature Sensor with a Wires on the Arduino (GND).
i placed the Buzzer in the breadboard On the upper right side.
connect the negative leg of Buzzer with a Wires on the Arduino (11).
connect the Positive leg of Buzzer with a Wires on the Arduino (GND).

In this project, I used one input (Temperature sensor) ,two outputs ( Led) for lights, and (Buzzer) for alarm sound.

circuits on tinkercad

Second Step (coding)

i opened the Blocks code tab in the tinker cad, then I choose from the Control panel If conduction to the workspace.
I choose from the control math panel << <30 >> and choose from input panel "read temperature sensor <<A0>>
i entered the Pins i connected above with the Led , choose from the output panel<<set pin 9 to 50>>,<<set pin 11 to high>>
I simulated the code to check all things gonna alright, and it is working well
Then, I opened Arduino IDE and copied the text code from tinker to it.
then I saved the file, and upload it to the Actual Ardunio after porting it with the USB.

code blocks on tinkercad

code on Arduino

Circuit.mov

the circuit video on TINKERCAD

The next step was to implement it using physical components and the Arduino UNO board to build it.

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?

coaster.MOV

the function is When the temperature is less than 30, the device lights up and gives a sound ،

When I was shooting the video, the temperature in the room was 21, so the device light up and give a sound

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)

it is first time to use Temperature Sensor , so I did a search for data sheet To know how to use it

Final Project

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

The project has a great relationship with the final project because it taught me a lot of skills that I will use when I work on the final project, because I learned the used sensor and the way to deal with it and coding it.

WOW!

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

The special thing this week is getting to know the different sensors

Spacial Day (dishparty)

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.

on that week we have Activity to To implement task as a group of 2 , my group was with Ahmed Mokhtar

the Activity was:

Build a Smart Waving Hand using Arduino

Manual Mode: controlled manually by a human using a potentiometer

Automatic Mode: controlled via signals received from an ultrasonic sensor at the input of the Arduino board

Pictures during implementation

IMG_1305.mov

Finally implementation :D

Assignment Design Files

Circuit on tinkercad

Smart Coster .ino

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