For our final project, we designed a 4-channel temperature controller using PID control. The system was designed to monitor and regulate the temperature of four individual channels by applying 120V to heating elements using on/off switching. This switching was indirectly manipulated by the micro-controller using relays. Data was continuously collected from resistive thermal devices (RTD’s)
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Our project consists of a vehicle designed to avoid collisions with objects and walls. The vehicle achieves this through the use of an onboard sensor to determine when such an object was close by. After recognizing an object within a certain distance the vehicle would then follow a series of parameters to determine the appropriate
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How many mundane devices upgrade to IoT because they let you monitor a single data point or a variable? That little nudge over the communication precipice allows you to charge 500% more. Now, if you are as handy as a Hackaday reader, you can throw a lazy afternoon at the problem and get the same
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The desired outcome of our final project was to create an autonomous robot that was programmed to move through a series of figures, then stop. Due to time constraints we limited the robot to “ drawing ” two figures, a five pointed star as well as a circle, on a piece of paper. We decided
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The objective of our project was to create an alarm system that could detect an intruder using an IR motion sensor. We used a keypad so the user could enter their password to arm and disarm the system. We also included an LCD so that users would be informed which state the alarm system was
The purpose of the Home Energy Monitor Final Project is to give people a better idea how much electrical power they consume in a residential system. The method used for this application will utilize a clip on noninvasive current sensor on each 120V line coming in to the residential breaker panel box. The power data
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For the final project we made an analog style clock with an Arduino microcontroller. To do this we used three major components: an RGB LED Strip, a DeadOn RTC, and a custom user interface. The LED strip is used to set the display around the clock. The DeadOn RTC is used to keep time independent
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We decided to construct a game for our final project for Microcomputer Architecture. The game, which we named Reflex is a simple player versus player reaction game in which the winner is rewarded with a drink of their choice, poured into a cup by a servo. Flex sensors measure the reaction time of the players,
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This project involved creating a red, blue, green (RGB) light emitting diode (LED) matrix that displayed the colors of the rainbow. The colors of the rainbow were chosen to show the full color spectrum that the LEDs are capable of, while still giving distinct variation within the LED matrix. In this project, each diagonal of
The goal of our project is to display the status of a previously implemented smart aquarium. The previously implemented system includes an external power supply, Arduino Uno, Ethernet Shield, ULN2803 driver, 4 120V AC relays, and 4 controlled 120V AC receptacles, and a servo motor feeding system. The four controlled receptacles supply power to three
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