Week #6 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What were you inspired by?

This week assignment idea was to Program an Arduino UNO to read a signal from a single input component ( Ultrasonic Sensor) to control a single action component (, Buzzer, LED) using Code Blocks

I was inspired by this game ( LED distance indicator )

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use this week? Why?

software

Tinker CAD for simulation ,designing my project and i used tinker cad blocks to write the code

materials

Electronics components

Jumper Wires

Mini Buzzer

7 LEDs

Bread board

Ultrasonic sensor

Resistors

Arduino UNO

Which software/machines/materials did you use this week? Why?

Design Process

Explain the design process of your assignment. How did you use the tool/software to design and/or simulate your assignment?

First I used Tinker cad to simulate the circuit and write the code blocks, before starting Using the physical components on Arduino UNO board

Fabrication/Implementation Process

Explain the fabrication/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

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I used the bread board to fabricate / implement my project:

The Brain : Arduino UNO

I used for input components ( Ultrasonic sensor)

I used for output components ( Mini buzzer - 7Leds)

- jumper wires

- 7 Resistors

- First, I Used the physical components and Arduino UNO board to build and control the project

- Secondly , I used Code Blocks Primarily to write the code in TinkerCad. Then, copied the Arduino C code into Arduino IDE, and Uploaded it to the Arduino Board

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Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

At first , I was having a problem in using Ultrasonic sensor and how to use the code blocks , then Menna helped me in the midweek session to understand the differance between the digital and analog and the difference between the input and output

When she explained to us how the code itself is written , it was extremely helpful to understand the whole concept next .

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this project?

I was having a problem with wiring the temperature sensor (LM35) with Arduino after I connected it got very hot , so menna told me that i was wiring the pins in the wrong way and finally it worked :).

Final Project

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

I have learned how to use Code Blocks Primarily to write the code in TinkerCad., copy the Arduino C code into Arduino IDE, and Upload it to the Arduino Board

I have temperature sensor (LM35) in my final project I have learned how to wire it with the Arduino using code blocks.

WOW!

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

This week was easier and more comfortable than the last week I got more familiar with electronics, I understood more things that I couldn't understand the last week, It becomes easier to wire and deal with more than one component .

Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]

Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: Pre-activity, examples, exercises, or any mini-projects.

I made this week activity, Actually it was very interesting and how it was easy to wire the components with Arduino and make things smarter .

I have learned how to :

Program the Arduino board to control one 7-segment display so that it counts down from 9

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Program the Arduino board to control one RGB LED so that it lights up with the following colors in order: Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, and White

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I tried to Program The Arduino board so that a servo motor (connected at the output) will change its rotation angle in correspondence to the changing value of a potentiometer (connected at the input)

I tried Program the Arduino board so that an LED (connected at the output) will be OFF when an LDR sensor module (connected at the input) is exposed to light, and the LED will be ON when the LDR sensor module is not exposed to light .

I tried to Program your Arduino board so that the color of an RGB LED (connected at the output) changes when an object comes at varying distances from an Ultrasonic sensor module (connected at the input) as follows: Green when an object is far, Yellow when an object gets closer, and Red when an object is very close.

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WhatsApp Video 2021-02-14 at 6.25.17 AM (2).mp4

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Assignment Design Files

Ultrasonic-_leds_-_buzzer.ino