Arduino Prototyping: a blog about microcontrollers and interactive design.
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Cat Detector, Dispenser of Treats
Final Project by Mitchell Philipp, Colton Hazelton, Dhruv Kulkarni Project Purpose We sought to create a device that would detect a cat and then with user interaction dispense treats and display information on the whereabouts of the stray cat behind School of Construction building on Georgia Tech’s campus. The main idea is a user walks…
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Assessing Bird Safety Around Campus Using the Bird Safety Detector
By Andrew Patterson, Angelica Jones, and Logan Cyterski Introduction: Everybody feels that nature is beautiful, and, recently, Georgia Tech has made a significant effort to reintroduce trees and, with them, birds, into the environment. However, the high volume of man-made structures in the area poses a significant threat to the new bird population. Windows that…
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Campus Jukebox
Introduction Noise pollution is a growing problem in urban areas, including university campuses. Excessive noise can cause major stress, disrupt learning and work, and even have negative health effects. Therefore, it is important to monitor and manage noise levels in public spaces to create a safe and comfortable environment for everyone. This project aims to…
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Weather Vending Machine
How are you feeling today? Give us your money and receive a sticker chosen by today’s weather and based off how you feel. No refunds, please do not ask for one.
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Life Detector: the Singing Plant
Final project by: Ren Zheng, Aidan Uwe Zeissner, and Yuxi Chen Intro Plants at Georgia Tech are a huge component of the campus. The flowers in spring, trees covered with green leaves in summer, fallen leaves in fall, barren trees in winter together build the integrated life of living things on campus with students. Yet,…
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CompassCanopy
by Victoria Nguyen, Jason Yang, Roger Lee Sometimes we walk home without an umbrella. Our only option then is to walk out in the rain. But with our system, you can request an umbrella to be delivered to your general location. Someone gets to help another in need and you get to walk home dry.…
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Environmental Sensing Station using ESP8266 and Firebase
Inspiration For my Film Prop, I built an environment sensing station that detects light, carbon monoxide levels, temperature, humidity, and outputs the data to a live realtime web based interface. The high level concept is the “Hab” that the astronauts live in suffered extreme damage during a Martian sandstorm, and the environment sensing and calibration…
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Film Prop: TBM-3500
by Rachel Young Background THE YEAR IS 2040-something . . . Matt Damon is once again stranded on Mars, and this time he wishes to explore more of the planet. He has different modules/sites set up across Mars, but he needs a way to get materials from module to module. This is where the Transport…
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Light Locator Prop
For the Film Prop assignment, I decided the prop I would make for Matt Damon to use in the film would be a directional indicator, useful for finding his way in the Martian desert. Implementation Ideas I went through a few different ideas to figure out kind of directional input I could use that would…
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Portable Water Collector
by Victoria Nguyen In the Martian, Matt Damian collects water to grow potatoes. I created a portable water collector that takes in hydrogen and oxygen and creates water. Once enough water has filled the container, it will turn off. Mechanics Arduino Water Level Sensor 12V water pump 2x LEDs 12V power relay module External 9V…