Smart Garage with Pinoo
Project Purpose: Making a garage project using Pinoo Control Card and ldr and led modules.
Duration: 2 lessons
Age group: 7 years and older
Pinoo Set: Basic set, invention set, maker set and full set.
Achievements:
Learns to code Pinoo control board.
Learns to use led module.
Learns to use ldr module.
Develops algorithmic skills.
Coding skills develop.
Materials to be used: Mblock 3 program, pinoo control card, 2 led modules, 2 ldr modules
Materials Required for Design: Shoe box, black cardboard, felt-tip pens, scissors and utility knife, A-4 paper, glue gun and silicone.
Project Construction:
Let's start with the garage design for our project.
We cut off the lid and top of the box.
We cover the box with black cardboard and silicone.
We cut 2 strips from A4 paper and stick them on the floor of the box. (To specify vehicle fields)
With the utility knife, we create two spaces that are large enough for the ldr module to enter.
We stick the Ldr modules into the spaces we have created with the help of a silicone machine.
We stick the led modules to the ldr modules on the upper point of the parallel box with the help of a silicon machine.
We write “A1-A2” on A4 paper with a felt-tip pen and then cut it with scissors.
We use the cutouts to number the parking spaces.
We attach the connection cables of the ldr and led modules.
(You can pay attention to the parallel installation here. For example, I associated the led module attached to the 1st door for the ldr module attached to the 7th door. I associated the led module attached to the 2nd door for the ldr module attached to the 8th door.
We plug in the USB connection cable. Now we can start coding.
Placed all electronic parts
Adding Pinoo extension:
From the Extensions tab, click "Manage Extensions".
In the window that opens, we write “Pinoo” in the search engine and it is enough to say download to the result.
Installed on our computer.
Connecting the Pinoo control board to the computer:
In Mblock 3, we click on the "Connect" tab in the upper left.
In the window that opens, we click on the "Serial Port" section and select the "COM6" option from the page that opens. NOTE: As each computer has different port entries, the numbers next to COM may change.
Click on the Cards tab.
From the window that opens, we select the "Arduino Nano" card option used by the Pinoo control card.
Click on the Extensions tab.
In the window that opens, we select "Pinoo", the extension of the control card we use.
Click on the Connect tab.
Click "Firmware Update" from the window that opens.
Coding part:
First, when we click the green flag, we are coding to see the light value on the screen.
(In this section, let's cover the ldr module with your hand and determine the light and dark values. 8. The ldr value attached to the door will read the same values, you can try.)
If not, we add the condition structure and create our first condition, that is, for the ldr module connected to the 7th Gate.
(Here we used a general value of 150, which is close to the dark value.)
If the condition is true, that is, it is dark, we light the led module connected to the 1. Door. If not, we turn it off.
For our other condition, if not, we add the condition structure and create our second condition for the ldr module connected to the 8th Gate.
(Here we used a general value of 150, which is close to the dark value.)
If the condition is true, that is, it is dark, we light the led module connected to the 2nd door. If not, we turn it off.
In order to upload our codes to the Pinoo control card, we start our event with the "Pinoo Program" command and delete the code we use to see the button value on the screen.
Right-click on the “Pinoo Program” command and in the window that opens, “Install to Arduino” We select the option.
On the page that opens, we click on the "Upload to Arduino" button, which is selected in red.
Our codes are uploaded to our Pinoo control card.
After the “Installation Finished” message comes, click the “Close” button.
Working Status of the Project:
We insert the 9V battery.
We put the car in the parking lot.
WITH PINOO SETS, CHILDREN CAN MAKE HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS WITH THE MATERIALS THEY CAN FIND EASY AT HOME.
