Assignement
propose a final project that integrates the range of units covered, answering: what will it do? who's done what beforehand? what materials and components will be required? where will they come from? how much will it cost? what parts and systems will be made? what processes will be used? what tasks need to be completed? what questions need to be answered? what is the schedule? how will it be evaluated? projects can be separate or joint, but need to show individual mastery of the skills covered where possible, you should make rather than buy the parts of your project
I-Bricks
This is a Lego-Like Modular Internet of Things(IoT) platform for Students and Non-Programmers , I am doing first part of this project as my Fab Academy Project ,after my course i want to make and publish this as a product .
I-Bricks is a easy to use IoT sensors and actuators kit that can be control by drag and drop in backend ,No coding skills required ,technology interested and students can easily enjoy the pleassure of IoT they can customize and make their own things without pain .
I-Bricks Phase 1(My Fab Academy Project) :
In Phase 1 ,I am doing with following features .
1)IoT Interfacing of Basic Sensors Like Temperature Sensor,HumiditySensor,Light Sensor,Soli Moisture Sensor etc
2)Designing and Fabrication of Modular Bricks
3)Cloud Pot [Working Prototype of Plant Watering System]
Cloud Pot
This is a Connected Plant Monitoring System which have inbuilt water tank .
Features
-Acess from anywhere
-Inbuilt Water Tank (2 Litre Capacity)
-Automatic Watering
-Compact
Parts of Cloud Pot
1)Pot
2)Sensor Stick
3)IoT Interface
4)Backend Monitoring
What Will it do now ?
-It will Send Soil Moisture,Temperature,Humidity and Light to Cloud Via Wifi
-It Will Display this datas in a UI
-Intelligent Watering System
-It will store 2 Litre Water in Pot itself
Lot of People and companies doing this type of projects i am mentioning some of them
I am doing the same but in a diffrent way it have lot of adavantages
Components and Materials
Electronics
1)ESP8266 Wifi Module - 6.95 USD
2)Sunlight - Phototransistor from Fab Inventory ~0.3 USD
3)Temperature - LM35 Temperature Sensor ~0.3 USD
4)Moisture Sensor - 1.5 USD
5)DHT11 - Temerature and Humidity Sensor - 2 USD
5)3.3V Buck -2 USD
6)ATmega328 - 4 USD
7)DC Pump - 4 USD
8)Miscelanious(Connecting Wire,PCB,Lead etc ) - 2 USD
Materials
1)6mm Acrylic - 3 Sheet - 10 USD 2)3D Printing Filament - 5 Meter - 2 USD
Total Cost = 25-35 USD
Digital Fabrication Process Involved
1)Laser Cutting -For Fabricating Pot Structure in Acrylic Sheet
2)Electronics Production - Sensor Stick Hardware and Wifi Module
3)3D printing - Case of Sensor Stick
4)Interfacing+Networking - IoT
5)Shopbot(optional) - making a stand for pot in plywood
Project Planning
I am using Trello for Project Management .
I planned to complete my project before 20 Jun 2016 , after that i need to make Modular Design .
Completed Tasks(14/06/2016)
-Project Planning
-Sensors Study and Selection
-Testing of ESP9266 with Wifi
Questions need to be answered ?
How this project works in a new wifi network
We are first storing SSID and Passwoord of available wifi network at the time of programming,but in future we need to connect to a new wifi network then we need to reprogram , but this is not practical in the sense of commercial product for that we need to add a GUI based simple interface for changing password.I will make this update in I-Bricks V 1.0
How to add a new sensor in this project ?
Currently this is not easy for users , thats why i am making this project modular after that it is very simple .
How Will it be evaluvated
-IoT Integration
-Cloudpot(Pot with Water Storage)
-Graphical Based GUI
-Modular Design
I will update further project details in Project Page