Personal Progress
This week the majority of our hardware purchases arrived and I’ve began work on assembling our hardware system. I finished building our sunlight detection circuit (figure 1). As shown in the Arduino code and serial monitor results, the circuit can determine the brightness shining on the photoresistor.
Figure 1 (above) : Light detection circuit
Figure 2: Light detection code
Figure 3: Analog Pin result under Room light, Flash Light, and Low light respectively
I’ve also began working on stepper motor control system as shown below.
I had to move the tasks in my schedule around because we did not receive the D455 Depth Camera this week and thus moved up the task of setting up the motorized blinds and other sensor system.
Plans for Next Week
I plan to test the light detection circuit under actual sunlight so I can find the brightness threshold for actual sunlight. I also hope to get the motor control fully completed.