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Project Ideation
Project Ideation
1- Tell us about the purpose of your project. Which problem does it solve? Why do you care about this? What were you inspired by? Include images and videos of similar projects
1- Tell us about the purpose of your project. Which problem does it solve? Why do you care about this? What were you inspired by? Include images and videos of similar projects
Title of Media
My idea is designing a smart irrigation system to irrigate plants. I care for this idea because of my son. As I usually, forget to watery his plants many times that causes total deplition of these plants. So, I decided to design a model to irrigate his plants.
2- Describe the project idea and general features. How would it work?
2- Describe the project idea and general features. How would it work?
The preperation process will be carried out as the followings:-
1-scratching the idea on a white paper.
2- Crafting teh model by using card borads /or foam.
3- writting the needed codes and test them.
4-Design the crafted model by using CAD sofweare to upgrade project level into a medium fidility scale.
5- starting the first trial of the prototype by using laser cut and 3d printer to finish the project interface and connecting all componnets.
6- Fitting all comonents Arduino, moisture sensor and water pump in addition to all proper wire connections with user interface model.
7- Retesting the prototype
I will use different tools such as
1- Materials for low fidelity are card board, glue gun, cutter, foam, scissors and ruler.
2- Materials for medium fidelity are plywood 3mm may be PLA.
3- Machnines are used (Laser cutter and 3d printer)
4- Software is Fusion 360 / or Auto CAD.
3- Sketch your project: You may use pen and paper or a simple sketching tool like Microsoft Paint or Photoshop
3- Sketch your project: You may use pen and paper or a simple sketching tool like Microsoft Paint or Photoshop
Project Planning
Project Planning
4- Describe the Technical Modules that your project consists of
4- Describe the Technical Modules that your project consists of
Construction Parts
The main body consist of 2 parts
the first part has 1 room for water with submerged pump and second part for electric components (Arduino, LEDs, LCD, DHT11, bread board, resistors, moisture sensor..)
Input
(Sensing, Tactile Input, and/or Graphical Input)
Dehydration or moisture sensor and DHT 11
In / off button
Action
(Physical and/or Graphic)
A small pump absorbs water from small container to watery the plant. As soon as sensor detects less amount of water as an external stimulus from the environment it responses by activate the pump to absorb water from the container to watery the plant. LCD gives reading after process of watery.
Another out put action is done bu buzzer when the amount of water became less than the normal to make a sound before sucking water by the pump.
Brain
Arduino
Power Management
wall Adaptor (9 volts)
5- Create a cardboard prototype of your project, demonstrating the project face as well as internal movements and mechanisms. Include a demo video and photos of the prototype.
5- Create a cardboard prototype of your project, demonstrating the project face as well as internal movements and mechanisms. Include a demo video and photos of the prototype.
6- Categorize your project’s User Features into: Minimum, Complete, and Nice-to-have features. List the required action and input components per feature.
6- Categorize your project’s User Features into: Minimum, Complete, and Nice-to-have features. List the required action and input components per feature.
Minimum Features: are the least amount of features that would demonstrate the coverage of all the technical modules and their complete integration
Complete Features: are the set of features that will complete your original project objective and vision
Nice-to-have Features: are the extra set of features that will make the project cooler, yet they need extra time, effort, and/or resources to finish
Minimum User Features
Example: Lamp changes color when the user gets closer
Moisture sensor detect the % of water in the soil .
LCD shows the % of moisture.
when the moisture decreases to a certain limit the pump starts to pump water from the source of water as a basin to irrigate soil.
Complete User Features
Adding DHT 11 sensor to detect the Temperature in celsius on the LCD.
Alternating the reading of both moisture and temperature sensors with 2 seconds delay.
Nice-to-have User Features
2 LEDs one is red and the other is green .
Green one lights up when the pump transfers water and when temperature less than 30.
The red led lights up when the temperature is grater than 30 celsius.
Bluetooth module to control the water pump.
7- What are the project tasks and its time-frame?
7- What are the project tasks and its time-frame?
Task
Sub-Tasks
From:
To:
Electronics and programming
1-Testing each component
2-Starting the code on IDE
3-Wiring on tinker Cad + simulation on bread board.
1 hour
1 h (Friday) starting at 6 AM.
3 h Friday (7PM)
7 AM Saturday
5 hours
10 hours
9 PM &
4 hours
Computer Aided and design
Google to be inspired for the design
1 hour on Sunday
4 hours
Laser cutting first time
8- What are the required electronic components and materials for the project?
8- What are the required electronic components and materials for the project?
Component/Material
Amount
Link
Arduino uno
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-arduino-uno/
soil/water sensor
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/sen-soil-a/
water pump
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/dc-pump-6vdc/
LCD I2C
1
https://makerselectronics.com/product/character-lcd-2x16
Bluetooth module
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-bluetooth-hc06/
DHT 11
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-ky015-temp-hum/
LED (RED & Green)
2
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/3mm-led-rg/
Resistors 220 Ohm
2
https://makerselectronics.com/product/carbon-resistor-220ω-0-25w-through-hole
Breadboard
1
https://makerselectronics.com/product/breadboard-830-point
ON/Off Switch
1
https://makerselectronics.com/product/on-off-black-switch-2-pins-kcd1-11-dim138mm
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