Description: I always wanted to build a autonomous firefighter car that can extinguish fire. Due to my intense interest in this idea I was motivated to build this project and finally I built it :)
Important Concepts of Components used in this project1. Relay Module- A relay is an electrically operated switch that can be turned on or off, letting the current go through or not, and can be controlled with low voltages, like the 5V provided by the Arduino pins.
- This relay module has 1 channel. There are other variants with 2, 4 and 8 channels.
- The high-voltage side has one connector, each with three sockets: common (COM), normally closed (NC), and normally open (NO).
COM: common pin
NC (Normally Closed): the normally closed configuration is used when you want the relay to be closed by default, meaning the current is flowing unless you send a signal from the Arduino to the relay module to open the circuit and stop the current.
NO (Normally Open): the normally open configuration works the other way around: the relay is always open, so the circuit is broken unless you send a signal from the Arduino to close the circuit.
2.Flame Sensor- A Flame Sensor is a device that can be used to detect presence of a fire source or any other bright light sources.
- This particular flame sensor is based on YG1006 NPN Photo Transistor. The black object at the front of the module is this Photo Transistor.
- This photo transistor is coated with black epoxy, making it sensitive to Infrared radiations and this particular Photo Transistor (YG1006) is sensitive to Infrared Radiation in the wavelength range of 760nm to 1100nm.
- There are two types of implementations of Flame Sensors using YG1006 Photo Transistor: one is with both Analog Output and Digital Output while the other is with only the Digital Output.
- It has 4 pins : VCC, Ground, D0, A0
- When the temperature rises or if there is a fire nearby the photo transistor detects it radiation and the D0 pin goes high.
- Arduino gets the output of flame sensor which sends signals to the relay module making it close the circuit.
- so Relay module closes circuit and this activates the water pump. water is exited through the pipe attached to the pump and fire is extinguished.
- This whole process which takes place is autonomous
Video : Do not forget to check the working video of this cool firefighting Robot Car :)
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