Flood-eee-preventer

Inspiration

My inspiration was from recent floods, hurricanes, and the weather all around the world. The flooding inspired me to find a solution of how people can be alerted more quickly that water is in their house.

What it does

My project detects the water level. For example, when a flood occurs, it turns a bright light on to show you that you have water in your house. The earlier you notice, the more money you save. My temperature detector detects the temperature is comfortable living in and you can tell if it's too hot or too cold and if you're wasting a lot of money on the temperature in your house.

How we built it

I built it with a breadboard, Arduino, led lights, resistors, LCD, jumper wires, and water sensor. I connected all the wires that were necessary into the breadboard. For the LEDs, I had resistors on each side (As you will see in the video) and jumper wires for the ground pins. For the water sensor, I connected jumper wires to the analog, ground, and 5V pin.

Challenges we ran into

A challenge I ran into was getting the water level sensor to detect the right amount of water and turn the led on. Sometimes only 2 would work. Sometimes only one would work. And sometimes none would work.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud that I connected LEDs to the water sensor to actually make it helpful for real-life situations.

What we learned

I learned that Arduino is actually a very simple code if you just have practice and you really pay attention. I also learned that the water sensor can be used for many everyday situations in your house.