Week 7 - 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)

Same fan but smart 😅

For week 7, I didn't really had much time so I decided to make the fan I made before smart, has a music tune and has better enclosure this time. ( the only thing I could came up with that is NOT a direct replication of ANY POSSIBLE exercise or week example)

At first I wanted to make it a music box but I released that using buzzer for such function takes a LOT of coding.

Tool Chain

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

TinkerCad

9V adaptor

breadboard

Jumper Wires

Arduino UNO

DC fan

1K ohm resistor

Push button

Buzzer

Ultrasonic sensor (HC-SR04)

Crocodile wires

Arduino IDE

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 I added my first feature components (music feature):
-) Arduino Uno
-) Breadboard
-) Buzzer
-) Push Button (not this one though)
-) resistor and connections
Then Added Second feature components (automatic fan):
-) Ultrasonic sensor and its connections
-) Dc fan (simulated by the Dc motor)
Code took most of the assignment's time since i wanted an easy tone but still something I like.
Tried the code in TinkerCad and it gave me the results I wanted, so I copied it back into Arduino IDE and uploaded it on arduino.

Circuit design Ingenious Albar - Tinkercad - Google Chrome 2024-09-04 23-29-13.mp4

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, Buzzer was connected to the arduino using Breadboard.
Then using crocodile wires and jumper wires, the push button was connected.
Ultrasonic sensor was connected using the same jumper wires colors to avoid any confusion.
Then Dc fan was connected.
Arduino code was uploaded after checking again its syntax and logic, then first trail was a success.

Basically, this code is made so when the Ultrasonic sensor detects something in range of 20 cm, the fan works automatically, Also the tunes are editted in the code with notes written beside them, 2 tunes keep repeating as long as the user is pressing the pushbutton, and it is meant to be always connected to a power source since the main function (fan) is automatic anyway. (ino file is in the files section below)

WhatsApp Video 2024-09-05 at 6.05.32 AM.mp4

Then cardboard-ing step came and here I just switched the previous breadboard was the smaller one (same connections).
Used duct tapes only to ceil the top side and make edges look a little better.

WhatsApp Video 2024-09-05 at 7.32.45 AM.mp4

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)

Coming up with an idea that can make sense was a total failure, that's why I used an old Idea of mine, but I guess this was the week's name (making things smarter).

also the breadboard was too big for few connections only while I had small space, so I replaced it with the smaller one.

smaller breadboard, wider space

Final Project

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

This week's assignment was by far the hardest, yet, I managed to achieve, also the idea of having many inputs controlling many outputs was not as challenging as making sure that the code is logical and working well, so the final project's coding now seems easier.

Assignment Design Files

Omar assignment 7

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