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 idea 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

I chose to design a music box with dancing ballerina and making a music beside with light in the background.

I got inspired from an image in image in Google search

Tool Chain

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

Software app

Arduino IDE for flashing the code onto the Arduino board.

I used Cura app to set the parameters for the Ballerina model

I used the tinkercad as a simulation program that used for simulating the electric circuits.

Also I used it for writing my codes using "Co-Blocks"

Material I used.

Electric components which I used to build my circuit

CrocoCrocodile wires to join the component with Arduino/breadboard.

Red led for light

Buzzer for genarating music

Push button for turn on /off the circuit

Breadboard

Resistor to protect led to get burn

Wires (mole-male)

DC Motor

Adapter 9V to get the DC motor work

H Bridge

Other Materials which I used in crafting

Cardboard

Plastic box

Glue gun

Filament PLA

Stikers for decorations

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?

In this project, I used three outputs (light) in Red Led , (move) in the DC motor and the Buzzer for (Sound) .
Get the power supply (9v) as the power source, I used the Breadboard to to join the circuit in ,also I used the h-bridge to control the speed of the DC motor.

I used the push button (Input) to turn on/off the circuit.
I chose the red led as the second output.
I used a resistor 220 Ohm for the led.

6.I used the Arduino for attach all the wires of the circuits ,coding and programming hardware components need an intermediate tool to adjust and to operate the code on the electronic circuits. Arduino IDE is doing this function.

Why I use 9V adapter :

because

The voltage across the motor should be around 3-9 volts and the Arduino can't give the DC motor the suitable power that it need.

Tinkercad prosses

I used Tinkercad to simulate my circuits on it and make sure that everything is working

The component I used in Tinkercad

Please note that I used IC L293D in TinkerCad instead of H-bridge as the TinkerCad doesn't have H-Bridge component.

Simulates the electrical circuit on a breadboard and Arduino.

Tikercad link

Software design process

open TinkerCad online app and drag all needed components.
Starting with ground wire from all components (Resistor, Buzzer, Push button, Power supply, DC Motor and LED).
Unifying the ground by taking a black wire from all components and connect it with the board then from the board to the GND in Arduino Uno.
connecting DC motor and the power supply (9V) with IC L293D instead of H-Bridge as TinkerCad doesn't consist of H-Bridge .
connected DC motor to the Arduino in Analog 9 to control the speed of the motor.
connected the Led with Arduino Uno through the breadboard by analog link, also I used resistors 220 ohm to keep the LED safe
I connected a push button and buzzer with Arduino through the breadboard .

Co-Blocks in Tinkercad

Software implementation process

Tinkercad coding

Open blocks in Tinkercad and starting to write the code.
Picking an If then else condition from the control category.
Drag (return true if one of the inputs at least is true).
I need to insert one input and anyone of these inputs is true the out puts (DC motor, buzzer and Led) should work.
Set the output by dragging Set pen High or low.
Set pin 5 for the buzzer and set different tones to add "Happy Birthday" tone.
Set pin 7,8,9 for the DC motor.
Set pin 3 for the LED to high.
Finally, Set the else condition where if non of the previous input is true ==> Shut all system outputs.

After I finished coding in Tinkercad I copy the code and paste it in Arduino IDE app .
Then I changed the pinmode 4 to INPUT_PULLUP to enable the push button to work.

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?

First I connected the breadboard with positive and nigative from arduino
I connected the DC motor with the H-Bridge
Set pin 5 for the buzzer and set different tones to add "Happy Birthday" tone.
Set pin 7,8,9 for the DC motor.
Set pin 3 for the LED .
Set pin 4 for the bush button .

Hard ware implementation process

Check all wires and components are connected properly, to the board.
check the connection between Arduino Uno and the board by following TinkerCad simulation.
connect the Arduino Uno with USB cable which connected to the lab.
Upload the code and test the prototype .
Check the problems if one of the components does not work.

Then I designed my music box to add my circuits

Final product

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)

The challenge I faced in this project was that the push button didn't work in the bigging then I asked the instructor she told me after I send it to Arduino IDE software I should add to my input "PULLUP" to make it work properly.

Final Project

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

It will help me in my final project in writing codes co-blocks
also will help me to make a circuit with more than one outputs

WOW!

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

I was fascinated to write the code for count down 7 segment components and the wavy hand design at the end of week.

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.

Assignment Design Files

Circuits in TinkerCad(Music box)

Arduino code (.ino)

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