Process

The first step in creating the device was to assemble the circuit. This circuit was a little more complex than the ones we have worked with in the past. Because this circuit use a fan, a transistor was required to satisfy the higher power consumption. The transistor is placed in between the external power supply and the fan, so that the argon can turn the fan on and off, but utilize the external power to actually run the fan. Once the circuit was assembled, the code was written to have a cloud function that would trigger the fan when called. This was then integrated with a webhook in IFTTT. This webhook is configured to trigger when a new photo is added to my icloud. This required downloading the IFTTT app to my phone to monitor my photos and trigger when a new one is added.