Rotating_Proximity_Sensor

Inspiration

We wanted to try something out and just play around with the arduino starter kit.

What it does

It rotates 180 degrees and is a proximity sensor. Shows how close something is using a lcd screen that displays a number and also has RGB lights that turn different colors when something is close or far. Turn blue when it can't read, turns green when it has a good amount of space, turns yellow as a warning, red is turn away, and purple is about to hit.

How we built it

We used the arduino kit and wired the lcd and servo using knowledge we learned from the learnathon. Then we got 2 arduino boards and two breadboards so the lcd, and rgb, would be separate from the servo and joystick. If we put them together they would have interfered.

Challenges we ran into

A major challenge that we ran into was that the servo and joystick were interfering with the lcd and rgb lights. The servo would change the value that the distance sensor was reading because we set it to read the duration.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building our first project and finding a way so that the servo can be under the distance sensor.

What we learned

How to arduino and code better with more efficiency.

What's next for Rotating_Proximity_Sensor

Put it in a car and have the data saved on the lcd so the driver can see what happened during their drive.

Built With

• arduino
• c++