Safe Slides

What inspired you

This project was inspired by some of my playground experiences. During the summer, the metal monkey bars or the plastic slides would get hot enough that skin contact would hurt. After finding that this was a major playground safety concern, I decided to make this device to limit these accidents.

What it does

There is a thermistor that, when in contact with the playground equipment, will measure its temperature. The temperature meter controlled by the arduino will then indicate whether the equipment is safe or not. Additionally, an LCD monitor will display the equipment's safety.

How we built it

The main component of this project is the arduino, which is connected to a breadboard and components such as the LCD board, the thermistor, and the RGB LEDs. Each element has accompanying code that calibrates and runs the component.

Challenges we ran into

As there were many parts to this project, it became extremely hard to wire the components to the arduino. There were several wiring mistakes during the project, which took lots of time to fix.

What we learned

Through this project, we learned a lot about arduinos, LCDs, and RGB LEDs. We also gained experience in troubleshooting problems in code and hardware.