Skills Dev II: Working with Inputs and Sensors

The circuit for this lab will use a photoresistor to detect low light and allow a potentiometer to adjust LED brightness.

Creating a circuit with two forms of output to control an LED.

Prepare a simple 2-in (sensors or inputs) 1-out (LED) device (i.e., your project will use three components, and at least one must be a sensor). Present a straightforward use case for a connected sensor device.

This project will use a photoresistor to translate differences in the amount of light. A good use case for this might be with dimming lights as it gets dark (or using blue light) to help people transition from being in a wake state to a sleep state.

Monitor ambient temperature and turn on a light when the setpoint is reached. Once the light is on, the brightness will vary based on how bright the surroundings are.

Integrate sensing into circuits and build familiarity with conditional logic and if statements

An energy-saving light control device with 2-in (sensors or inputs) 1-out (LED) This device is created using a photoresistor, a potentiometer and an LED. If the surrounding lightness is below a certain point, the LED will be turned on and you can control its lightness as you wish. If it is light enough, the LED will automatically be turn off to save energy.

The sensor allows the LED brightness to be adjusted with the ambient light brightness.

Become familiar with sensors and how to convert inputs into outputs, such as lights.

The objective of this project is to build a circuit with a photoresistor sensor to read the intensity of the light in the room. The intensity of the light in the room can be read in a scale in the Cloud.

Given the amount of light in the environment, adjust the brightness of the light using a potentiometer, an LED, and a photoresistor.

The adaptive light will automatically dim itself if the surrounding is bright, and brighten itself if the surrounding is dark.

Create a "night light" that allows you to adjust the brightness of the light when normal lights are turned off (i.e. photosensor is below a certain value).

The objective is to create a working LED circuit that is controlled by 3 inputs, a photoresistor, a potentiometer, and a switch. This circuit is a simplified version of a street lamp, which will be automatically turned on when the light is out. In addition to the basic street lamp feature, I've added a switch to turn it on and off and a potentiometer to adjust the brightness.

The goal of this project was to become acquainted with some of the sensors in the kit, incorporate them into circuits/code to produce actions and feedback, as well as to become familiar with conditional logic.