Suppose your mood changes so fast that people can’t cope up with it. You feel sad but people do something that makes you more sad. If only they knew what you are feeling right now!
Behold, I present you the Wireless Mood Swing Meter!! Place it where everyone can see it, tap on your phone and input how you feel, the meter dial will point to an emoji and show others what you feel. Now people will behave accordingly.
Wanna make one? Let’s start. Watch the video alongside.
Step 1: Parts You’ll Need
Electronics:
- Arduino Nano (Any board will do) -1x
- HC05 Bluetooth module -1x
- Micro Servo sg90 -1x
- Multi functional robot PCB – 1x [link]
- Powerbank or 5v 1 Amp power source – 1x
Others –
- PVC sheet – 1 piece
- Hot Glue and Glue Gun
- Mood meter (paper printable)
Step 2: Principle: How Will It Work?
Good questions lead to good answer. Before making anything you must have a clear understanding of what you are going to do.
So, the idea is, we will make a mood meter with emojis indicating my emotions. A little dial which will be attached by a servo will move and point at certain emoji based on my input on mobile phone.
So we will have to make a wireless circuit and Android application to make it work. Got it? Now, let’s start.
Step 3: Cut Glue, Cut and Glue
print the ‘mood meter.pdf’ file, then cut mood meter and dial accordingly. After that glue them on PVC sheet. You can also use hardboard/cardboard instead of PVC sheet. After that glue a servo arm on the dial and complete the whole thing.
I designed this thing. But you can use your own thing. Download the paper printable file from below.
While attaching the dial/servo arm with the main board, make sure the servo motor runs 180 degree and the path of the dial falls into that.
Step 4: Circuit Diagram and PCB
The circuit is pretty easy. The major components are Arduino, Servo and Bluetooth module.
Connect them as follows:
- Servo data pin to Arduino 9
- Servo VCC to Vin and gnd to gnd
- Bluetooth rx to Arduino tx
- Bluetooth tx to Arduino rx
All the things became easy because I used PCB. I designed this multipurpose robot PCB so that I can make multiple robots without worrying much about wires. I designed the PCB usign EasyEDA and printed from PCBWay.com. Their service is one of the best that’s why I love to print from them. With 5$ you can get 10 multilayer PCB. I went to PCB instant Quote Quick Order and uploaded the files The system automatically detected all the necessary parameters. I just picked color.
To get the PCB I am using click here.
I also have uploaded circuit diagram below if you don’t want to use PCB at all.
Step 5: Code for the Project
This program is written in Arduino. It’s simple enough to understand for all.
I imported servo library to control servo, declared a variable to store received value.
#include<Servo.h> // declare servo name Servo meter_servo; // we'll store input data in this variable char val;
In setup function the connected servo to pin 9, Bluetooth module is connected on serial port of Arduino with buad rate 9600.
void setup()
{
//initlize the mode of the pins
meter_servo.attach(9);
//set the serial communication rate with bluetooth module
Serial.begin(9600);
}
In main loop I check if any data is received –
while(Serial.available() == 0); //check whether arduino is reciving signal or not val = Serial.read() ; //read data sent over bluetooth
If any data is received it moves the servo to a certain position, if it receives
- ‘h’ – moves to happy emoji
- ‘m’ – medium happy emoji
- ‘n’ – neutral emoji
- ‘s’ – sad emoji
- ‘a’ – angry emoji
Example for happy –
/********* Happy *********/
if (val == 'h'){
meter_servo.write(180);
}
Now here’s the full code. Download from github or copy from below. I recommend downloading to avoid errors.
/**** Wireless Mood Meter ***/ /* author : Ashraf Minhaj * mail : ashraf_minhaj@yahoo.com * tutorial : youtube.com/fusebatti */ #include<Servo.h> // declare servo name Servo meter_servo; // we'll store input data in this variable char val;
Upload the program and move on to next step.
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