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Introduction

To protect our new chickens from the different predators, an automatic door is needed. We had a look on the available solutions on the market, but none could meet our requirements:

• Remote monitoring and control by using an app

• Possibility to add additional sensors and actors to measure temperature or buzzer alert

• Not too expensive

It would be way more fun to build it myself, so this is the start of my first microcontroller project.

 

 

 

 

Concept

A simple aluminium plate with guide rails will serve as the door. It is attached to a DC motor by using nylon wire. The DC motor includes a gearbox, resulting in 200 rpm on 12V DC. The used motor has a hall sensor encoder built in. To keep the door in the "up" position, it is not needed to engage the motor. Resulting power consumption will therefore be very low.

One of the best Arduino projects regarding satisfaction; this is something even seasoned developers will sweat to build. The project requires you control an Arduino project by gesturing your hand. Let’s imagine you’re controlling the robot car project you built earlier by merely moving your hands rather than using an external controller. Sounds eclectic, right? You need tools such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer to effectively build such a project.

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NOTE from iSTART: To see instructions to build this and materials needed, Click on Read More below.

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This will definitely sit on top of the best Arduino projects you can come up with. The project solves a real-life problem in an exceptionally well laid out manner. Your project will consist of a system that detects smoke and other inflammatory gases by utilizing the MQ-2 gas sensor.

It will feature a buzzer that gets turned on whenever a certain level of smoke is detected by the system. An LED indicator will also be featured that will turn red when the system senses such gases and remain green when the environment is

safe.

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NOTE from iSTART: To see instructions to build this and materials needed, Click on Read More below.

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This Arduino project that fun to build and rewarding in nature. If you’re as bored hearing some program always when you turn on the TV, this is the project for your Arduino adventure.

This project does what the heading suggests – mute specific phrases that you do not want to hear. Although it sounds quite challenging for beginners, believe us when we say – this project is very much doable by almost anyone.

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NOTE from iSTART: To see instructions to build this and materials needed, Click on Watch More below.

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